Bayındır is a municipality and

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İzmir Province İzmir Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in western Anatolia, situated along the Aegean coast. Its capital is the city of İzmir, which is in itself composed of the province's central 11 districts out of 30 in to ...

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 Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its area is 548 km², and its population is 40,073 (2022). The central town of the district is situated in the valley of the Küçük Menderes.

History

Its name in classical antiquity was Caystrus (Κάϋστρος), near Smyrna. Its present name derives from Turkish people who in the 11th c. AD settled there; they were members of the

Bayındır Bayındır is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 548 km2, and its population is 40,073 (2022). The central town of the district is situated in the valley of the Küçük Menderes. History ...

clan, one of the 24 original Oghuz clans. From 1867 until 1922, Bayındır was part of the Aydin Vilayet of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

. In 1997, the town population was 18,100. It is connected with

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

by a branch of the

Aydın Aydın ( ''EYE-din''; ; formerly named ''Güzelhisar; Greek: Τράλλεις)'' is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of Büyük Menderes River (ancient ...

railway, and has a trade in

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, figs,

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s and

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Composition

There are 59

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in Bayındır District: * Alankıyı * Alanköy * Arıkbaşı * Atatürk * Balcılar * Bıyıklar * Buruncuk * Cami * Çamlıbel * Çenikler * Çiftçigediği * Çınar * Çınardibi * Çırpı Cami * Cumhuriyet * Demircilik * Dereköy * Dernekli * Elifli * Ergenli * Fatih * Fırınlı * Gaziler * Hacıbeşir * Hacıibrahim * Hasköy * Hatay * Havuzbaşı * Hisarlık * İbrahimçavuş * Kabaağaç * Karahalilli * Karahayit * Karapınar * Karaveliler * Kızılcaağaç * Kızılcaova * Kızılkeçili * Kızıloba * Kurt * Lütuflar * Mektep * Mitatpaşa * Necati Uza * Orta * Osmanlar * Pınarlı * Sadıkpaşa * Sarıyurt * Söğütören * Tokatbaşı * Turan * Yakacık * Yakapınar * Yeni * Yenice * Yeşilova * Yusuflu *

Zeytinova Zeytinova is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bayındır, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,214 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means ...

Transport

The district is crossed by the Torbalı-Tire railway, with a branch to Ödemiş. It is served by regional trains from/to

( Basmane-Ödemiş and Basmane-Tire), and counts the stations of Arıkbaşı, Karpuzlu, Elifli, Furunlu,

(in the capital town), Yakaköy and Çatal.

References

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Populated places in İzmir Province Districts of İzmir Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{İzmir-geo-stub