Torbalı () 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 577 km², and its population is 207,840 (2022). An ancient

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n city,

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, is found in the district. It was famous for its wines and religious sites, and had three sanctuaries in marble dedicated to the Roman Emperor

Augustus Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (), was the founder of the Roman Empire, who reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in A ...

and his foster child

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, in an ancient theatre which dominates the valley. Pieces of art found during the excavations are now exhibited in İzmir and

Ephesus Ephesus (; ; ; may ultimately derive from ) was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, the former Arzawan capital ...

museums. The town has the remains of an old port and a few holiday complexes, and is set attractively against a pine forest.

Composition

There are 60

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in Torbalı District: * 19 Mayıs * Ahmetli * Alpkent * Arslanlar * Atalan * Atatürk * Ayrancılar * Bahçelievler * Bozköy * Bülbüldere * Çakırbeyli * Çamlıca * Çapak * Çaybaşı * Cumhuriyet * Dağkızılca * Dağteke * Demirci * Dirmil * Düverlik * Eğerci * Ertuğrul * Fevziçakmak * Gazi Mustafa Kemal * Göllüce * Helvacı * İnönü * İstiklal * Kaplancık * Karakızlar * Karakuyu * Karaot * Karşıyaka * Kazım Karabekir * Kırbaş * Kuşçuburun * Muratbey * Mustafa Kemal Atatürk * Naime * Ormanköy * Ortaköy * Özbey * Pamukyazı * Pancar * Sağlık * Saipler * Şehitler * Subaşı * Taşkesik * Tepeköy * Torbalı * Tulum * Türkmenköy * Yazıbaşı * Yedi Eylül * Yemişlik * Yeniköy * Yenimahalle * Yeşilköy * Yoğurtçular

Excavations

In June 2021, archaeologists announced the discovery of a well-preserved 1,800-year-old

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

statue of a woman standing on a

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in Torbalı district. The head and two arms of the statue were missing.

Economy

BR Mağazacılık, a division of Boyner Group, manufactures and retails the brands Altınyıldız Classics and Beymen Business, and is headquartered in Torbalı.

References

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