Bilecik Attractions

North-western Anatolian highland

The small provincial capital of Bilecik (Ertogrul), a modern agricultural center at the foot of the Ahir Dag northwest of Eskisehir, is now thoroughly eclipsed by its larger industrial neighbors Eskisehir and Bozüyük. It still has some well cared for Ottoman houses set in large gardens, the last surviving remnants of the old town. Knowledge of Bilecik's history is very fragmentary. It was called Agrilium (Agrilion) in antiquity, and under Byzantium was known as Belikoma. Relics of the Greek period are found everywhere and on the market a Roman sarcophagus serves as a fountain trough. The site of the ancient town was a little above the present one.