Mustafakemalpaşa is the main town of Bursa Province

Bursa Province

Bursa Province is a province in western Turkey, along the Sea of Marmara. Its adjacent provinces are Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to the south, Bilecik and Sakarya to the east, Kocaeli to the northeast and Yalova to the north. The province has an area of 11,043 km2 and a population of 3,187,000...

 in the Marmara region of Turkey

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History

The ancient Hittite

Hittites

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 name of the county was Kirmasti Kremastre, under the Kingdom of Bithynia. Around 300AD the town became important when a Christian Bishop made this his regional centre. In 1336 the two was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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 and was devastated in 1920 by the Greek

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 invasion. After the War of Independence, led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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, the Town Council decided to rename the city Mustafakemalpaşa. The town currently has 56,727 residents.

Sister Towns

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