Stone-age weapons and implements have been found in the villages of Kızılca Terzi, Fener Karadutlar and Sofuköy.

Bronze Age artefacts from 1200 BC have been found in İğde Bağları (Araplı), showing that mining took place here and also that there were trading links between Thrace and the Aegean coast.

In the Ottoman period this coastline thrived, growing produce to ship to Constantinople,[5] wine production, and also making bricks and roof-tiles which were exported further afield.

Also, imposed further contribution from the Christians for the construction of Government buildings, a Turkish school, telephonic communications, national defence, etc.

At the same time the most rigorous boycott was exercised, for the purpose to bring famine the dispersion to the Christian Communities.

Şarköy[8] and Mürefte are small country towns providing the surrounding villages with amenities such as medical care and high schools.

90% of the land is cultivated, vineyards and olive groves near the coast, with sunflowers, wheat, barley and tobacco inland.

The town has a little jetty and pretty narrow lanes.Şarköy is a mecca for Windsurfing because it is Said that 7 types of winds are meeting together there.

There are well-known wine producers in the region, including "Doluca", "Gülor", "Kutman", "Bağcı" and "Latif Aral".