Yenişakran is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Aliağa Aliağa () is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 379 km2, and its population is 104,828 (2022). The town is situated at about north of İzmir. Aliağa has a large port, mainly for oil and bulk cargo. Its e ...

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 population is 5,766 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''

belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish. All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...

''). It is situated at a bay of the

Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some . In the north, the Aegean is connected to the Marmara Sea, which in turn con ...

. It is on the state highway D.550. The distance to Aliağa is and to İzmir is .

History

Although Yenişakran is founded only recently the vicinity of the town is rich in historical ruins. There are at least three sites of ancient settlements to the south of yenişakran, Ancient Kyme is in Aliağa. Another site Myrina which was founded by Tezeus in the 11th century BC is to on the way connecting Yenişakran to Aliağa and

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 ...

is just at the south of Yenişakran. The ruins to the north of the town may even be more ancient. At the north of the town there are ruins which were believed to belong to Elaia.The famous

Pergamon Pergamon or Pergamum ( or ; ), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (), was a rich and powerful ancient Greece, ancient Greek city in Aeolis. It is located from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north s ...

is in

Bergama Bergama is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,544 km2, and its population is 105,754 (2022). By excluding İzmir's metropolitan area, it is one of the prominent districts of the province in terms of populatio ...

about north of Yenişakran. However, in contrast to historical ruins Yenişakran is relatively a recent town. The very first settlement began in 1949 and Yenişakran gained the status of village in 1955. After the rapid growth in population in 1982 Yenişakran was declared a township.

Economy

The main agricultural wealth is olive. Fruit production and cattle breeding are other important economic activities. Tourism is also an important sector. Being relatively near to big city of İzmir Yenişakran hosts summer house vacationists.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yenisakran Neighbourhoods in Aliağa District Populated coastal places in Turkey