'İzmir' is a
province of
Turkey in western
Anatolia on the
Aegean coast. On the west it is surrounded by the Aegean sea, and it encloses the
Gulf of İzmir. Its area is 11,973 km.
2, population 3,769,000 (2007 est). The population was 3,370,866 in 2000. Neighbouring provinces are
Balıkesir on the north,
Manisa on the east, and
Aydın on the south. Its
traffic code is 35, and its capital is
İzmir city.
The main rivers of the province are
Küçük Menderes Nehri,
Koca Çay (with Güzelhisar dam), and
Bakır Çay.
Districts
İzmir province is divided into 28
districts (capital district in 'bold'):
History
The area was first settled by
Ionian
Greeks in about the 11th century
BCE who established the city of
Smyrna, now
İzmir city. It was later conquered by the
Persians, retaken by the Greeks, before being subsumed into the
Roman Empire. After the split of the Roman Empire, the area became part of the
Byzantine Empire until conquered by the
Ottoman Turks in the
14th century. Following the
First World War the province was ceded to
Greece, but was retaken by the forces of
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the
Turkish War of Independence. A highly controversial point involved massive
genocide of Turkish civilians by Greek soldiers, and of Greek civilians by Turkish soldiers (see
Great Fire of Smyrna). As a result of the
Treaty of Lausanne all non-Turkish and non-Muslim inhabitants of the province had to leave, and İzmir Province was incorporated into the modern republic of
Turkey.
External links
★ http://www.izmirturizm.gov.tr/ (mainly for İzmir city)
★ http://izmir.yerelnet.org.tr/ (mostly in Turkish, but includes a detailed map, just click on the small map)
★
Izmir Weather Forecast Information
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Dokuz Eylül University Dictionary
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