Aliağa () is a municipality and

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. Its area is 379 km², and its population is 104,828 (2022). The town is situated at about north of

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. Aliağa has a large

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, mainly for

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and

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. Its economic activity is based on tourism,

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, and an

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Overview and history

Aliağa lies in the heart of ancient Aeolia. The town was named after a member of the influential Karaosmanoğulları ayan family, Karaosmanoğlu Ali Ağa, who owned an estate here. Before the

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the population of the town was mainly Greek. It was a township in

Menemen Menemen () is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 573 km2, and its population is 200,904 (2022). The district extends on a fertile plain formed by the alluvial soil carried by the Gediz River. Adjacent distric ...

district in 1937 and became a municipality in 1952. It finally separated from Menemen and became a district on 21 January 1982. The remains of the ancient city of Myrina are within the boundaries of the district, located at about fifteen km north of Aliağa centre. Another ancient site is the yet unexplored

Gryneion Gryneium or Gryneum or Gryneion (), also Grynium or Grynion (Γρύνιον), Grynia or Gryneia (Γρύνεια) and Grynoi (Γρῦνοι), was a city of ancient Aeolis. It was located 40 stadia from Myrina and 70 from Elaea. In early times i ...

, near Şakran township on the peninsula, to the south of the center town, also at a distance of . Visitors also often use the road from Aliağa to visit the remains of Aigai in Yuntdağı in

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. In 2021, a monastery and floor mosaic were found here during an illegal excavation. Archaeologists believe that the monastery was used from the 4th century to the 14th century.

Composition

There are 30

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in Aliağa District: * Aşağışakran * Atatürk * Bahçedere * Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa * Bozköy * Çakmaklı * Çaltılıdere * Çıtak * Çoraklar * Fatih * Güzelhisar * Hacıömerli * Horozgediği * Kalabak * Kapıkaya * Karaköy * Karakuzu * Kazım Dirik * Kültür * Kurtuluş * Mimar Sinan * Samurlu * Şehitkemal * Siteler * Uzunhasanlar * Yalı * Yeni *

Yenişakran Yenişakran is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Aliağa, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,766 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It is situated at a bay of the Aegean Sea. It is on the ...

* Yukarışehitkemal * Yüksekköy

Transport

The D.550 roadway runs through the city, between

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and also to

. Aliağa is also connected to İzmir by

İZBAN İZBAN, previously known as Egeray, is a commuter rail system serving İzmir and its metropolitan area. Averaging a daily ridership of 185,000 passengers, it is the busiest commuter rail system in Turkey, slightly ahead of the Marmaray commuter ...

, a commuter railway operating around İzmir. İZBAN operates 15 daily trains from

Aliağa Railway Station Aliağa railway station () is a railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. ...

Alsancak Terminal Alsancak railway station () is one of the two main railway terminals in İzmir and is the second-oldest railway station in Turkey, after Kemer, being completed in 1858.ESHOT Elektrik Su Havagazı Otobüs Troleybüs () or ESHOT is a bus service operating in the İzmir. ESHOT, along with İZULAŞ are the two main bus transit services in İzmir. Buses serve all districts, however, denser network presence attained in the ...

operates the 834 bus line to İzmir as well.

Economy

Ship-breaking

There are several facilities for dismantling and scrapping ships. The 2020

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sped up the process of ship recycling because owners of idled cruise ships looked to stem the

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Gallery

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References

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