of immigrants from Balkans, Aegean Islands, some Circassians, as well as Tahtacı Turkmens, who pursue their own traditions and life-style to this day. A private museum of ethnography in the village of Tahtakuşlar is one of the rare institutions in Turkey focusing on Tahtacı culture. Notable people Germanos Karavangelis (1866–1935), Metropolitan Bishop of Kastoria and later Amaseia Benjamin I of Constantinople (1871-1946), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Panos Dukakis (1896–1979), father of American politician Michael Dukakis Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948), author and journalist Hülya Avşar (b. 1963), actress Caner Erkin (b. 1988), professional footballer Twin towns — sister cities Edremit is twinned with: Amaliada, Greece since 2000 Kamp-Lintfort, Germany since 2009 Erdenet, Mongolia since 2010 Nicolosi, Italy since 2010 References Bibliography External links Pictures of the town of Edremit Seaside resorts in Turkey Aegean Sea port cities and towns in Turkey Populated places in Balıkesir Province Places of the Greek genocide