Bigadiç

Bigadiç lies inland from the southern Sea of Marmara, among the valleys and hills of ancient Mysia. The settlement was known as Achyraous and later by a name related to the Greek word for wells. Türkmen raiders captured it in the late thirteenth century, although Byzantine forces briefly recovered it. Under the Karası principality, Bigadiç was developed as a place on the caravan routes crossing western Anatolia.