Gaziemir

Gaziemir
Gaziemir
District and municipality
	Map showing Gaziemir District in İzmir Province
	Gaziemir Location in Turkey Gaziemir Gaziemir (İzmir)
	Coordinates: 38°19′17″N 27°07′39″E / 38.32139°N 27.12750°E
Country	Turkey
Province	İzmir
Government
• Mayor	Ünal Işık (CHP)
Area	70 km2 (30 sq mi)
Elevation	114 m (374 ft)
Population (2022)	137,754
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	35980
Area code	0232
Website	www.gaziemir.bel.tr

Gaziemir is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 70 km²,^[3] and its population is 137,754 (2022).^[1] It is situated to the south of central İzmir (Konak) on the road into town. İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport is situated within the boundaries of the district,^[4] as is the Aegean Free Zone export processing industrial park, which is also home to the third space camp in the world, Space Camp Turkey.

History

Gaziemir was founded in the 14th century by Umur Beg (Ghazi Umur, called Umur Pasha in Ottoman sources) of the dynasty of the Beylik of Aydin, who had brought and settled Yörük clans from Konya to the region. The first mention in Ottoman records dates from 1530 and the settlement was named Seydiköy in honor of a Yörük chief, Seydi Ahmed, whose tomb still stands. The town's evolution can be traced fairly smoothly through the centuries by means of regular references in Ottoman sources. In a diary entry dated November 26, 1670, John Covel, the Levant Company chaplain at İzmir (then known in English by its Greek name of Smyrna), notes that the town of Seydoköy (rendered Sedjagui in the diary) was the site of several country houses owned by European diplomats, including the Dutch Consul Jacques van Dam and the English Consul and writer Paul Rycaut, whose house Covel visited.^[5] After the 17th century, in line with the general pace of development in fertile western Anatolian valleys based on olive/figs/raisin/cotton exports and the ensuing population movements from the Aegean Islands, Seydiköy was largely settled by Greeks who came to constitute a large majority as of the second half of the 19th century.

The Greek population was exchanged after the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) in the frame of the Exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey, and was replaced by Turkish immigrants from Kavala region as well as from Bulgaria. Seydiköy became a municipality in 1926 and was renamed Gaziemir in 1965 in reference to the original founder, Gazi Umur Bey. In 1992, Gaziemir became a district that also includes the former municipality of Sarnıç which was a part of Konak district.

Gaziemir today

Always a hub of crafts and industry both for İzmir and nationally, Gaziemir today has a highly developed industrial basis, with modern residential areas surrounding production and sales centers. The furniture industry (both home furniture and office furniture) is particularly developed. Companies established within the Aegean Free Zone generally focus on export processing, while the presence of such Turkish or international outlets as Migros Türk, Kipa (a Tesco joint-venture) and Metro AG Optimum Outlet subsidiaries makes Gaziemir one the important retail centers of İzmir.

Economy

The airline IZair is headquartered in Gaziemir, on the grounds of Izmir Airport.^[6]

Composition

There are 17 neighbourhoods in Gaziemir District:^[7]

9 Eylül
Aktepe
Atatürk
Atıfbey
Beyazevler
Binbaşı Reşat Bey
Emrez
Fatih
Gazi
Gazikent
Hürriyet
Irmak
Menderes
Sevgi
Sarnıç
Yeşil
Zafer

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "Contact Us Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine." Adnan Menderes Airport. Retrieved on 6 September 2009.
^ Bent, James Theodore (1893). Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant. I. The Diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599–1600. II. Extracts from the Diaries of Dr John Covel, 1670–1679. With Some Account of the Levant Company of Turkey merchants. London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society. p. 206.
^ "Contact Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine." IZair. Retrieved on 6 September 2009. "IZair Head Office Adnan Menderes Havalimani Girisi 35410 Gaziemir Izmir"
^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

External links

[tuik-1] "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[2] Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[3] "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[4] "Contact Us Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine." Adnan Menderes Airport. Retrieved on 6 September 2009.

[5] Bent, James Theodore (1893). Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant. I. The Diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599–1600. II. Extracts from the Diaries of Dr John Covel, 1670–1679. With Some Account of the Levant Company of Turkey merchants. London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society. p. 206.

[6] "Contact Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine." IZair. Retrieved on 6 September 2009. "IZair Head Office Adnan Menderes Havalimani Girisi 35410 Gaziemir Izmir"

[7] Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

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