İnönü () is a municipality and

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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 B ...

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. Its area is 345 km², and its population is 6,173 (2022). Its elevation is . İnönü has a strategic location on the Istanbul-Eskişehir railway and Bozüyük-Kütahya highway. It also hosts Ford Otosan's truck production facility.

History

During the western front (also known as the

Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) There have been several Greco-Turkish Wars: * Orlov revolt (1770) Greeks' first major, organized Revolt against the Ottoman Empire with the support of Russia *Greek War of Independence (1821–1830), against the Ottoman Empire * First Greco-Turkish ...

of the

Turkish War of Independence , strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...

in 1921, the

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and Second Battles of İnönü took place near the town between the Turkish and the

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forces. The battles were named after the town, and

İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the second List of Presidents of Turkey, president of Turkey from 1938 to 1950, and as its Prime Minister of Turkey, pr ...

, the Turkish commanding officer during the battles and future

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and

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, was given his surname in honor of his services during the battles. Before it became a district in 1987, İnönü belonged to

Söğüt Söğüt (, ) is a town in Bilecik Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Söğüt District.� ...

district of

Bilecik Province Bilecik Province () is a province in midwest Turkey, neighboring Bursa to the west, Kocaeli and Sakarya to the north, Bolu to the east, Eskişehir to the southeast and Kütahya to the south. Its area is 4,179 km2, and its population is ...

in 1922. Afterwards, it became part of

Bozüyük Bozüyük () is a city in Bilecik Province in the Marmara region of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Eu ...

district in 1926 and central district of Eskişehir Province in 1963. İnönü was a

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center until 1987.

Composition

There are 16

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in İnönü District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Aşağıkuzfındık * Çarşı * Dereyalak * Dutluca * Erenköy * Esnemez * İsmetpaşa * Kümbet * Kümbetakpınar * Kümbetyeniköy * Oklubalı * Orta * Seyitaliköyü * Yenice * Yukarıkuzfındık * Yürükyayla

References

External links

District municipality's official website

Map of İnönü district
* Populated places in Eskişehir Province Districts of Eskişehir Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{Eskişehir-geo-stub