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Eskişehir
Eskişehir ( , ; from 'old' and 'city') is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 821 315 (Odunpazari + Tebebasi), with a metropolitan population of 921 630. The city is located on the banks of the Porsuk River, 792 m above sea level, where it overlooks the fertile Phrygian Valley. In the nearby hills one can find hot springs. The city is to the west of Ankara, to the southeast of Istanbul and to the northeast of Kütahya. It is located in the vicinity of the ancient city of Dorylaeum. Known as a college town, university town, it houses Eskişehir Technical University, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, and Anadolu University. The province covers an area of . Etymology The name can be literally translated as 'Old City' in Turkish language, Turkish. The name has been documented in Ottoman records since the late 15th century. History The city was founded by the Phrygians in at least 1000 Anno Domini, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eskişehir Province
Eskişehir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey. Its area is 13,960 km2, and its population is 906,617 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Bilecik Province, Bilecik to the northwest, Kütahya Province, Kütahya to the west, Afyon Province, Afyon to the southwest, Konya Province, Konya to the south, Ankara Province, Ankara to the east, and Bolu Province, Bolu to the north. The provincial capital is Eskişehir. Most of the province is laid down in Central Anatolia Region. Northern parts of Mihalıççık district and ones of Mihalgazi and Sarıcakaya are located in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea Region and one of them belong to the Aegean Region. Eskişehir is an old and culturally developed province of Turkey. Eskişehir has 3 universities, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir Technical University and Anadolu University, which is the largest university in Turkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eskişehir Technical University
Eskişehir Technical University (ESTU) is a state technical university in Turkey. On May 18, 2018, it started to provide education in Eskişehir with five faculties, three institutes and two vocational schools in two different campuses. As of 2019, the university continues its education with 1,317 staff and more than 12,000 students. The university is the only university in Turkey that provides piloting training by the state. Thanks to the Hasan Polatkan Airport it contains, it is one of the largest universities in Turkey. The university has the world's first licensed university airport with its operating license in 2007. The only center in Turkey where seismic isolators can be tested is at ESTU. ESTU Seismic Isolator Center is also one of the top 5 centers in the world. ESTU is one of the rare universities that offer pilot training, and the piloting program is among the departments that accept students with the highest score. History Eskişehir Technical University was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sazova Park
Sazova Park, officially Sazova Science, Culture and Art Park (), is a park in Eskişehir, Turkey. It was established by the metropolitan municipality of Eskişehir in 2008. Location The park is in Tepebaşı secondary municipality, next to New Eskişehir Stadium at . It is quite close to midtown and there are regular bus services. Its total area is The park The park consists of several parts. In addition to restaurants and cafehouses, these are; # Eskişehir Zoo (sponsored by Eti Company) # Planetarium (sponsored by Sabancı Holding) # Turkic science history building # Scientific experiments building # Esminiaturk (models of historical 1/25 size Turkic buildings, similar to Miniatürk in Istanbul) # Japanese garden # An artificial lake and a pirate ship # Dream Château # Miniature railway Gallery File:Eskişehir_Sazova_Dream_Château.jpg, Dream Chateau File:Eskişehir_Sazova_Pirates'_Ship.jpg, Pirates' ship by the pond File:Eskişehir_Sazova_Orkhon_inscriptions.jpg, Esminiat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Eskisehir Osmangazi University (), abbreviated as ESOGU, is located in Eskişehir, in the Eskişehir Province of Turkey. History Eskişehir Osmangazi University (ESOGU) is a state university that dates back to the foundation of the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and the Faculty of Letters and Applied Sciences in 1970. These pioneering faculties became the founders of Anadolu University in 1972. These three faculties together with Eskişehir School of Health, Eskişehir Vocational School of Health Services, Institutes of Health Sciences, Metallurgy, and Applied Sciences, newly founded Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences and Institute of Social Sciences, have formed Eskişehir Osmangazi University on 18 August 1993. The University has added many new faculties and colleges over the years. Some colleges were converted into faculties in 2013 and 2016. 2018 shooting On April 5, 2018, at approximately 3:00 p.m., 37-year-old research as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EsTram
EsTram (Eskişehir Tramvay) is a tram network in Eskişehir, Turkey, owned by the Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality. The system operates Bombardier Flexity Outlook and Škoda ForCity Škoda ForCity is a family of low-floor trams built by Škoda Transportation. This includes Finnish-made Artic (tram), Artic trams branded as ForCity Smart. ForCity trams have been ordered by transport companies in Bonn, Bratislava, Chemnitz, E ... low-floor articulated light-rail trams. Construction began in August 2002 and operation of the first phase commenced on 24 December 2004 with a total length of and two main lines, Otogar–SSK and Opera– Osmangazi University. The EsTram network is designed to carry passengers at a top speed of in mixed traffic. In 2014, the second phase was completed with four extensions to the network. The newly added lines were Emek–71 Evler, Batıkent–SSK (ring), Çamlıca–SSK (ring) and Çankaya– Osmangazi University (ring). The Emek–71 Evler li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anadolu University
Anadolu University () is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey. Anadolu University Distance Education Faculty (or Anadolu University Global Campus) serves as the national provider of distance education and is a member of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities. The university offers a range of educational programs, both on-campus and through distance education. History Anadolu University originated from the Eskişehir Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences, established in 1958. It was officially formed in 1982 through the amalgamation of four higher education institutions: the Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences, the State Academy of Architecture and Engineering, the Institute of Education, and a medical school. As the Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences was the earliest of these institutions, Anadolu University has adopted 1958 as its date of establishment. Campus Most faculties and schools of Anadolu University, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorylaeum
Dorylaeum or Dorylaion (; ) was an ancient city in Anatolia. It is now an archaeological site located near the city of Eskişehir, Turkey. Its original location was about 10 km southwest of Eskişehir, at a place now known as Karaca Hisar; about the end of the fourth century B.C. it was moved to a location north of modern Eskişehir.''Catholic Encyclopedia'' History Early Bronze Age Şarhöyük (aka Dorylaion) has been excavated since 1989. It has revealed a series of archaeological cultural deposits, the earliest dated to the 3rd millennium BC. The city flourished during the early Bronze Age. Around 2500 BC, a particularly distinctive culture group is discernible in north-western Anatolia, the ' Demircihüyük Culture'. Dorylaeum-Sharhöyük was at the center of these cultural developments. Late Bronze Age (ŞH V) layer of the city is one of the best represented cultural phases on the mound. A new Luwian hieroglyphic seal has been discovered there in 2018. This mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center (Etimesgut, Yenimahalle, Çankaya District, Çankaya, Keçiören, Altındağ, Pursaklar, Mamak, Ankara, Mamak, Gölbaşı, Ankara, Gölbaşı, Sincan, Ankara, Sincan) and 5,864,049 in Ankara Province (total of 25 districts). Ankara is Turkey's List of cities in Turkey, second-largest city by population after Istanbul, first by urban land area, and third by metro land area after Konya and Sivas. Ankara was historically known as Ancyra and Angora. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celts, Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman Empire, Roman province with the Galatia (Roman province), same name (25 BC–7th century), Ankara has various Hattians, Hattian, Hittites, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatians (people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Municipalities In Turkey
There are 81 provinces in Turkey (). Among the Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces, 30 provinces are designated metropolitan municipalities (). Metropolitan municipalities are subdivided into districts (), where List of districts in Turkey, each district includes a corresponding district municipality, which is a second tier municipality. History The first metropolitan municipalities were established in 1984. These were the three most populous cities in Turkey, namely; Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir. In each metropolitan municipality a number of second level municipalities (ilçe municipality) were established. In 1986, four new metropolitan municipalities were established: Adana, Bursa, Gaziantep and Konya. Two years later the total number was increased to eight with the addition of Kayseri. In 1993, seven new metropolitan municipalities were established: Antalya, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Mersin, İzmit, Kocaeli and Samsun. Following the 1999 İzmit earthquake, earthquake of 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phrygia
In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; , ''Phrygía'') was a kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. Stories of the heroic age of Greek mythology tell of several legendary Phrygian kings: * Gordias, whose Gordian Knot would later be cut by Alexander the Great * Midas, who turned whatever he touched to gold * Mygdon, who warred with the Amazons According to Homer's ''Iliad'', the Phrygians participated in the Trojan War as close allies of the Trojans, fighting against the Achaeans. Phrygian power reached its peak in the late 8th century BC under another historical king, Midas, who dominated most of western and central Anatolia and rivaled Assyria and Urartu for power in eastern Anatolia. This later Midas was, however, also the last independent king of Phrygia before Cimmerians sacked the Phrygian capital, Gordium, around 695 BC. Phrygia then became subject to Lydia, and then successivel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porsuk River
The Porsuk River also Kocasu-Porsuk River (), ancient Tembris, is a river in Turkey, that flows for . The city of Eskişehir is located on the banks of this river. The river is dammed by the Porsuk dam, forming large reservoirs. The Porsuk flows into the Sakarya River near the town of Polatlı, ancient Gordium Gordion ( Phrygian: ; ; or ; ) was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It was located at the site of modern Yassıhüyük, about southwest of Ankara (capital of Turkey), in the immediate vicinity of Polatlı district. Gordion's location at .... See also * List of rivers of Turkey References * Rivers of Turkey Landforms of Eskişehir Province {{Turkey-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Turkey
Turkey is divided into 81 provinces (). Each province is divided into a number of districts of Turkey, districts (). Each provincial government is seated in the central district (). For non-Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality designated provinces, the central district bears the name of the province (e.g. the city/district of Rize is the central district of Rize Province). In the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the ''vilayet''. Each province is administered by an appointed governor () from the Ministry of the Interior (Turkey), Ministry of the Interior. Background After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic Day (Turkey), official establishment of the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923, changes were made to the administrative system. Two years later, Ardahan Province, Ardahan, Beyoğlu, Çatalca, Tunceli, Dersim, Ergani, Gelibolu, :tr:Genç_(il), Genç, Kozan, Adana, Kozan, Oltu, Muş Province, Muş, Siverek and Üsküdar pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
