Karşıyaka Ferry Terminal ( tr, Karşıyaka İskelesi) is ferry terminal in

Karşıyaka Karşıyaka () is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey. The district extends for twelve kilometres along the northern and eastern coastline of the tip of the Gulf of İzmir. Its centre is at a distance of to the north from the traditional cen ...

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

on the

Gulf of İzmir The Gulf of İzmir ( tr, İzmir Körfezi), formerly known as the Gulf of Smyrna, is a gulf on the Aegean Sea, with its inlet between the Karaburun Peninsula and the mainland area of Foça. It is in length by in breadth, with an excellent anchor ...

. Located along Cemal Gürsel Avenue, at the southern end of the Karşıyaka Çarşı, İzdeniz operates commuter ferry to service to

Alsancak Alsancak is a centrally situated large quarter (or a zone; ''semt'' in Turkish) in İzmir, Turkey, within the boundaries of the metropolitan district of Konak, the historic center of the city. Overview As a notional zone, Alsancak extends from ...

, Konak, Göztepe and Üçkuyular. Karşıyaka Terminal was originally built in 1884, and promoted the growth of Karşıyaka's population. The existing terminal building was built in the 1940s-1950s.

History

In the 19th century the present location of Karşıyaka was a marsh land because of the

Gediz River Delta The Gediz Delta is the river delta at the confluence of the Gediz River with the Gulf of İzmir, in İzmir Province in western Turkey. It is a 14,900 ha area of land that occupies coastal parts of Foça, Menemen, and Çiğli districts. It is one o ...

. The settlements began after the course of the river was changed by the government. Thus Karşıyaka is a relatively new quarter of izmir. According to salname (annual) of Aydın in 1897, the population of Karşıyaka during the last years of 19th century was as low as about 1000. The rapid increase in population was the result of the beginning of commuter boats services. The first Karşıyaka Terminal was a wooden terminal constructed in 1884 by a ferry company, Hamidiye. As the population increased, a new terminal was constructed and the number of ferry services also increased. After many handovers in 1992, Karşıyaka Terminal was acquired by İzdeniz, a subsidiary of

Municipality.İzdeniz page
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Services

On week days, the number of two way services between Karşıyaka and 5 terminals on the south side of the gulf is as follows: *

Konak Terminal Konak Ferry Terminal ( tr, Konak İskelesi , or ''Konak Vapur İskelesi'') to differentiate it from the older Konak Pier, is a passenger ferry terminal in central Konak, İzmir on the Gulf of İzmir. It is located at the west end of the ''Kent Ta ...

:52 * Pasaport Terminal :23 *Alsancak Terminal: 23 *Göztepe Terminal: 4 *Üçkuyular Terminal: 6

Future

The present terminal building is under serious critics. The municipality of Karşıyaka now plans to construct a smaller modern terminal in its place.Architecture periodical {{in lang, tr
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References

Transport in İzmir Karşıyaka District Gulf of İzmir Ferry terminals in Turkey