Mudanya

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Mudanya is a small health resort with 47 178 inhabitants ( 2008) in northwestern Turkey on the Marmara Sea. The Greek name of the place is identical (Greek Μουδανιά ). Mudanya is a district of Bursa Province.

Mudanya is connected by two ferry connections with Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey. Travel time is with the high speed catamaran about 90 minutes.

In World War Mudanya achieved historical significance by the fact that it was the last place of modern Turkey, which Allied occupation troops occupied. The most famous son and soldier Mudanyas, Şükrü Çavuş, had a considerable share in the retreat of the Allies. He is also the largest monument of the city, which was built right on the harbor. 1922, the Armistice of Mudanya was sealed in Mudanya, who was a precursor of the Treaty of Lausanne. The Greek population was displaced or replaced after the Greek -Turkish war from 1922 to 1923 and founded the city in modern Greece Nea Moudania on the west coast of Halkidiki.