Bilecik is located in Turkey; Marmara region. The city is around Sakarya river. Agriculture, mining and forestry are really developed in Bilecik.
Bilecik has an important role in history. The city is also one of the first cities which help Anatolian area lives Bronz Age. Also, Ottoman Empire that lasted for 6 centuries, ruled in the city for the first time as a seigniory before empire.
Throughout history, a lot of ancient and essential civilisations such as Egypt, Hittite, Phrygian, Lydia, Persian, Macedonia, Rome, Byzantine and Ottoman had ruled in Bilecik.
This city was occupied by Greek Army in 1921.
After the proclamation of the Turkish Republic, it was decided that Armenian and Rum population in Bilecik were going to sent to Greece and Muslim refugees in Greece were going to settle in Bilecik according to Lausanne Population Exchance. Today, Bilecik is also famous because of some Turkish drama about the establishment period of Ottoman Empire.
-- Siyah-beyaz ve renklendirilmiş yüksek çözünürlüklü eski Bilecik fotoğrafları ile şehrin tarihinde kısa bir yolculuğa çıkacaksınız. 1870'li yıllardan 1970'li yıllara en nostaljik görüntüler.--
--Eski zamanların en geniş tarih ve nostalji arşivi için kanalımızı takip edebilirsiniz.--
