İzmir
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Summary
İzmir is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey[1]. İzmir draws 16,829 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan municipality in turkey category, ranking #5 of 25).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: The Europe Prize[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: İzmir Province[4]
- Country: Turkey[5], Kingdom of Greece[6], Ottoman Empire[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Gulf of İzmir[8], Aegean Sea[9], Gediz River[10]
- Head of government: Cemil Tugay[11]
- Instance of: port city[12]
- Shares border with: Menemen[13], Manisa[14], Kemalpaşa[15], Torbalı district[16], Menderes[17], Seferihisar district[18], Urla[19]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Balçova district[20], Bayraklı district[21], Bornova district[22], Buca district[23], Çiğli district[24], Gaziemir district[25], Güzelbahçe district[26], Karabağlar district[27], Karşıyaka district[28], Konak[29], Narlıdere district[30]
- Twinned administrative body: Ancona[31], Bălți[32], Baku[33], Bishkek[34], Bremen[35], Bukhara[36], Cape Town[37], Chengdu[38], Chernivtsi[39], Constanța[40], Esparza Canton[41], Famagusta[42], Gaza City[43], Hamyang County[44]
- Postal code: 35000–35999[45]
- Commons category: İzmir[46]
- Licence plate code: 35[47]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[48]
- SRGB color hex triplet: 000099[49]
- Local dialing code: 232[50]
- Inception: 3000 BC[51]
- Highest point: Mount Yamanlar[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for İzmir include İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport[53], an international airport[54], in Turkey[55], founded in 1987[56]; Nea Smyrni[57], a human settlement[58], in Greece[59]; Gulf of İzmir[60], a gulf[61], in Turkey[62]; Port of İzmir[63], a seaport[64], in Turkey[65], founded in 1959[66]; and İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University[67], a public university[68], in Turkey[69], founded in 2010[70], headquartered in Çiğli district[71].
Why It Matters
İzmir has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[72] İzmir is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[73]
Entities named for İzmir include İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport[53], an international airport[54], in Turkey[55], founded in 1987[56]; Nea Smyrni[57], a human settlement[58], in Greece[59]; Gulf of İzmir[60], a gulf[61], in Turkey[62]; Port of İzmir[63], a seaport[64], in Turkey[65], founded in 1959[66]; and İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University[67], a public university[68], in Turkey[69], founded in 2010[70], headquartered in Çiğli district[71].
FAQs
What awards did İzmir receive?
Honors received include The Europe Prize[3].