Balıkesir Province

The withdrawal of a controversial draft law on olive groves has blocked a $25 billion port investment in a district of the Aegean province of Balıkesir, provincial mayor Ahmet Edip Uğur told daily Habertürk on June 21.

The mayors of the Aegean province of Balıkesir and its district Ayvalık have joined forces to object to an urbanization project that is underway in 19 islands on the Aegean Sea, daily Hürriyet has reported.

The number of white-headed ducks, an endangered species, increased last year compared to 2015 in the Manyas Bird Paradise in the northwestern province of Balıkesir, reaching 7,064, according to officials.

At least five migrants were found dead off Turkey's western coast on Jan. 26 after their boat capsized as they were trying to reach the Greek coast.

The ancient trade roads that linked the city of Thessaloniki and Macedonia of the Roman era with the cities of the wider region of the Black Sea have been revealed by the coins found in the archaeological excavations at the under construction stations for the Thessaloniki metro.

Beşiktaş beats Balıkesirspor 1-0 to climb to the top of the Spor Toto Super League, replacing minnow Akhisarspor, which suffered a shock 4-0 defeat at the hands of Istanbul Başakşehir.

The first concrete step for the construction of a bridge over the Dardanelles Strait has been taken, as the project has been included in a development plan that was prepared for the Çanakkale and Balıkesir provinces.

Galatasaray suffered a huge blow to lose 2-0 to Spor Toto Super League newcomer Balıkesirspor on Sept. 20