The historical clock tower in the city center, the Fountain, Zağnos Pasha Mosque, Kuvay-i Milliye Museum, Değirmenboğazı Mevkii are some of the symbols of Balıkesir, but they have many other features within the city …

It is known that there were important ancient cities such as Kyzikos, Daskyleion, Adrammytteion and Antandros in the region known as Mysia, where the Pelasgs, who came from the Balkans in 2000 BC, established colonies and until the arrival of the Turks. After the collapse of the Troia State after 1200 BC, the Aeolian tribes who fled from the European continent settled in the Mysia Region, and then the Frygians and Lydians dominated the region. The Persian invasion, which lasted about 200 years from 546 BC, dominated Mysia. B.C. In 334 BC, when Alexander the Great defeated the Persians at Granikos (Biga), the Macedonian period and later the period of the Kingdom of Pergamon started. It is seen that since 130 BC, upon the will of King Attalus III, it was attached to the Roman Empire under the name of “Provincia Asia” (Asian Province) and came under the rule of Byzantium.

After the 1071 Malazgirt Victory, Karesi Bey, son of a Seljuk Bey, Kalem Şah Bey, established the Karesi Principality and made Balıkesir its center. Karesi Principality, which finally came under the protection of the Ottomans, in 1923 TC. It became a province of the state. Balıkesir, one of the oldest settlements in Anatolia, has become a tourism paradise with its cultural assets and unique beauty. With its thermal resources that have been healing people for thousands of years, the climate suitable for human nature, the positive effect of the Kaz Mountains, its fauna and flora, Mount Ida in Homer’s epic has maintained its position of attraction since history.