Balıkesir
E679051
Balıkesir is a city in northwestern Turkey known for its agricultural economy, proximity to both the Marmara and Aegean seas, and role as the administrative center of Balıkesir Province.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balıkesir canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7320473 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Balıkesir Context triple: [Balıkesir Province, containsCity, Balıkesir]
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A.
Balıkesir Province
Balıkesir Province is a region in northwestern Turkey known for spanning both the Marmara and Aegean coasts, combining agricultural plains, coastal tourism, and historical sites.
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B.
Çanakkale Province
Çanakkale Province is a northwestern Turkish province of major historical and strategic importance, encompassing the Gallipoli Peninsula and controlling the Dardanelles strait between the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara.
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C.
Trabzon Province
Trabzon Province is a coastal region in northeastern Turkey along the Black Sea, known for its mountainous landscapes, rich history, and the city of Trabzon as its capital.
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D.
Kocaeli Province
Kocaeli Province is an industrial and strategically important region in northwestern Turkey, situated near the Sea of Marmara and serving as a key hub between Istanbul and Anatolia.
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E.
Bilecik Province
Bilecik Province is a small, historically significant province in northwestern Turkey known as the birthplace of the Ottoman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Balıkesir Target entity description: Balıkesir is a city in northwestern Turkey known for its agricultural economy, proximity to both the Marmara and Aegean seas, and role as the administrative center of Balıkesir Province.
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A.
Balıkesir Province
Balıkesir Province is a region in northwestern Turkey known for spanning both the Marmara and Aegean coasts, combining agricultural plains, coastal tourism, and historical sites.
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B.
Çanakkale Province
Çanakkale Province is a northwestern Turkish province of major historical and strategic importance, encompassing the Gallipoli Peninsula and controlling the Dardanelles strait between the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara.
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C.
Trabzon Province
Trabzon Province is a coastal region in northeastern Turkey along the Black Sea, known for its mountainous landscapes, rich history, and the city of Trabzon as its capital.
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D.
Kocaeli Province
Kocaeli Province is an industrial and strategically important region in northwestern Turkey, situated near the Sea of Marmara and serving as a key hub between Istanbul and Anatolia.
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E.
Bilecik Province
Bilecik Province is a small, historically significant province in northwestern Turkey known as the birthplace of the Ottoman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| countryCallingCode | +90 ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Balıkesir Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | Turkish lira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAgriculturalProduct |
dairy products
ⓘ
grains ⓘ olives ⓘ sunflower ⓘ |
| hasAirport |
Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Balıkesir Merkez Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
Mediterranean climate
ⓘ
temperate climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity | agriculture ⓘ |
| hasHigherEducationInstitution | Balıkesir University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricRegion |
Aeolis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
dairy production
ⓘ
food processing ⓘ olive oil production ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatus | metropolitan municipality ⓘ |
| hasNearbyGulf |
Gulf of Bandırma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulf of Edremit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIslandGroup | Marmara Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbySea |
Aegean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marmara Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding |
Yıldırım Mosque
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zağnos Pasha Mosque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsClub | Balıkesirspor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTourismType |
coastal tourism
ⓘ
thermal tourism ⓘ |
| hasTransportInfrastructure |
highway connections
ⓘ
railway connections ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfGovernment | municipal government ⓘ |
| historicalName | Karesi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAdministrativeCenterOf | Balıkesir Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSeatOf | Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Turkish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Balıkesir Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPartOfCountry | northwestern Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Aegean Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marmara Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ |
| timeZone | TRT ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +3 ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | 10 ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsed | Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Balıkesir Description of subject: Balıkesir is a city in northwestern Turkey known for its agricultural economy, proximity to both the Marmara and Aegean seas, and role as the administrative center of Balıkesir Province.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.