Edremit

This article is on the town and the district of Edremit in Van Province, eastern Turkey. For the town and the district of Edremit in Balıkesir Province, on the Aegean coast in western Turkey, see Edremit, Balıkesir. Edremit is a district of Van Province of Turkey. The district's center town of the same name is situated on the coast of the Lake Van at a distance of 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the city of Van. The Greek name for Edremit is Adramyttion (Άδραμύττιον) and the Latin name is Adramyttium. Artamet's foundation predates the Christian era. It was founded as a small town at the shores of Lake Van in Tosp district of Vaspurakan province laying in the middle of Historical Armenia. In the course of history, the city has had several...