Sarimsakli
Sarımsaklı is a town in the Ayvalık District of Balıkesir Province in the Marmara Region of Turkey. The town's seems to mean "land of garlic" but the region's main production is olives and tourism. History. Gateluzio, Prince of the Lesbos Island and a taxpayer to the Ottoman Empire, delayed his payments and Mehmed the Conqueror sent the Ottoman Navy to the island. Lesbos Island was conquered and annexed by the Ottoman Empire. For the first time in the history of Sarimsakli, a battalion of Janissary was engarrisoned in order to monitor the activities near the island and  on the shore of Anatolia. The Turkish people who arrived from Yugoslavia and Greece were settled mainly in this area. Geography. The Beach of Sarimsakli is one of the longest in Turkey. It is located in the county of Ayvalik. It hosts thousands of domestic and foreign tourists every year. The region boasts a Mediterranean climate.