Cunda İsland
Ayvalik Balikesir Township administrative respects an island. Ayvalik Ayvalik Islands called the large and small, is the only settlement in the island 22 open Island Alibey.Located in the Aegean Sea, Turkey 4. the big island. (1. Gökçeada, Bozcaada 2, 3. Uzunada) Due to its location at the intersection of sea routes in Western Anatolia is an island that is located.
Cunda island of today's name, in the war of independence against the Sultan ' surrender ' to the Greeks, starting at the first Union Commander of armed struggle command Colonel Ali Çetinkaya is dedicated to. Moshonisia (Kokuluada), Cunda Island before and was known by their names. Kitab-ı Bahriyesi mentioned in this region, but Mayo is estimated to be a municipality of.
The island's population by the year 2000 is 3,000. However, this figure can be as large as 20,000 in the summer. The majority of the population of the island Crete and Lesbos, who in 1924 population exchange time of the Turks. That's why most of the population of the island's old Greek (Greek). In recent years, the population of the island, those who want to spend a quiet retirement in big-city residents has been increased by.
Cunda Island are provided with two separate bridge the Mainland connection. Closet built in 1964 at the Strait of Turkey the first Bosphorus Bridge, Alibey and Lale Islands. Lale Island is made by filling the sea in 1817 to the Mainland, 700-metre level crossing a bridge-connected with the road.