Odunpazarı (literally "firewood market" in
Turkish) is a municipality and
district
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of
Eskişehir Province
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,
Turkey
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. Its area is 1,120 km², and its population is 422,423 (2022), 47% of the provincial population.
Odunpazarı District covers the southern part of Greater Eskişehir, including the historic center, and the adjacent countryside.
In 2008 the district Odunpazarı was created from part of the former central district of Eskişehir, along with the district
Tepebaşı. At the
2013 Turkish local government reorganisation Municipalities () are the basic units of local government in Turkey. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute the population of Turkey
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, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.
Historic buildings
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Alaeddin Mosque
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* Ala a ...
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Kurşunlu Mosque and Complex
Kurşunlu Mosque and Complex () is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque and its social complex in Odunpazarı district of Eskişehir, Turkey.
Mosque
The mosque and the complex were commissioned by the Ottoman vizier Çoban Mustafa Pasha, and were built ...
Museums in Odunpazarı
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Eskişehir Meerschaum Museum
Eskişehir Meerschaum Museum () is a handicraft museum in Odunpazarı district of Eskişehir, Turkey, exhibiting various items handmade of sepiolite (Meerschaum).
Sepiolite or Meerschaum is a soft white clay mineral, which is mainly used to hand ...
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Museum of Independence, Eskişehir
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Museum of Modern Glass Art, Eskişehir
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Tayfun Talipoğlu Typewriter Museum
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Yılmaz Büyükerşen Wax Museum
Neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods (
Mahalle
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or neighborhood in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations.
History
Historically, mahallas were autonomous social ins ...
) are small administrative units within the municipalities, and are administered by the
muhtar
Muhtar also spelled "Mihtar" or "Mitar" is a given name and a surname. Notable persons with that name include:
Persons with the given name
* Muhtar Kent (born 1952), Turkish American businessman
* Ahmet Muhtar Merter (died 1959), Turkish freedom ...
and the Neighborhood Seniors Council consisting of 4 members. Muhtar and the Senior Council are elected for 5 years at the local elections and are not affiliated with political parties. Neighborhoods are not an incorporation therefore do not hold government status. Muhtar, although being elected by the residents, acts merely as an administrator of the district governor. Muhtar can voice the neighborhood issues to the municipal hall together with the Seniors Council.
There are 85
neighbourhoods
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in Odunpazarı District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* 71 Evler
* Ağapınar
* Akarbaşı
* Akçağlan
* Akçakaya
* Akcami
* Akkaya
* Akpınar
* Alanönü
* Arifiye
* Aşağı Çağlan
* Aşağıılıca
* Avdan
* Ayvacık
* Büyükdere
* Çamlıca
* Çankaya
* Çavlum
* Cunudiye
* Dede
* Deliklitaş
* Demirli
* Doğankaya
* Emek
* Erenköy
* Eşenkara
* Gökmeydan
* Göztepe
* Gülpınar
* Gültepe
* Gümele
* Gündoğdu
* Harmandalı
* Huzur
* Ihlamurkent
* İmişehir
* İstiklal
* Kalkanlı
* Kanlıpınar
* Karaalan
* Karacahöyük
* Karacaşehir
* Karaçay
* Karahüyük
* Karamustafa
* Karapazar
* Karapınar
* Karatepe
* Kargın
* Kayacık
* Kayapınar
* Kıravdan
* Kireç
* Kırmızıtoprak
* Kurtuluş
* Kuyucak
* Lütfiye
* Musalar
* Orhangazi
* Orta
* Osmangazi
* Paşa
* Sarısungur
* Şarkiye
* Seklice
* Sevinç
* Sultandere
* Sultandere 75. Yıl
* Sümer
* Süpüren
* Türkmentokat
* Uluçayır
* Vadişehir
* Vişnelik
* Yahnikapan
* Yassıhöyük
* Yenidoğan
* Yenikent
* Yenisofça
* Yıldıztepe
* Yukarıçağlan
* Yukarıılıca
* Yukarıkalabak
* Yürükkaracaören
* Yürükkırka
References
External links
*
Eskişehir governor's official website
*
District municipality's official website
Miscellaneous images of Odunpazarı, Eskişehir
Populated places in Eskişehir Province
World Heritage Tentative List for Turkey
Districts of Eskişehir Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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