Bornova
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Bornova | |
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District and municipality | |
Coordinates: 38°28′11″N 27°13′16″E / 38.46972°N 27.22111°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | İzmir |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mustafa İduğ (CHP) |
Area | 220 km2 (80 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | 454,470 |
• Density | 2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Area code | 0232 |
Website | www |
Bornova is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 220 km2,[3] and its population is 454,470 (2022).[1] It is the third largest district in İzmir's metropolitan area and is almost fully urbanized at the rate of 98.6 percent, with correspondingly high levels of development in terms of industry and services.[4] Bornova's center is situated at a distance of 8 km (5 mi) to the northeast of the traditional center of İzmir (Konak Square in Konak, İzmir) and 5 km (3 mi) from the coastline at the tip of the Gulf of İzmir to the west. Bornova district area is surrounded by the district areas of Yunusemre (Manisa Province) and Menemen to the north, Kemalpaşa to the east, Buca to the south, and Konak and Karşıyaka to the west, where the larger part of İzmir's urban area extends. Bornova is home to Ege University's main campus and associated hospital, one of the largest and foremost medical centers in western Turkey.
Name and origins
During the
The recent discovery, within the boundaries of Bornova district, of
Administrative divisions
The municipality of Bornova was established in 1881 and the town became a district center in 1957. Aziz Kocaoğlu, mayor of İzmir Greater Metropolitan Municipality from 2004 to 2019, was the mayor of Bornova before taking over his office for the city as a whole.
There are 45
- Atatürk
- Barbaros
- Beşyol
- Birlik
- Çamiçi
- Çamkule
- Çiçekli
- Çınar
- Doğanlar
- Egemenlik
- Eğridere
- Ergene
- Erzene
- Evka 3
- Evka 4
- Gaziosmanpaşa
- Gökdere
- Gürpınar
- İnönü
- Işıklar
- Karaçam
- Karacaoğlan
- Kavaklıdere
- Kayadibi
- Kazım Dirik
- Kemalpaşa
- Kızılay
- Koşukavak
- Kurudere
- Laka
- Meriç
- Merkez
- Mevlana
- Naldöken
- Rafetpaşa
- Sarnıç
- Serintepe
- Tuna
- Ümit
- Yakaköy
- Yeşilçam
- Yeşilova
- Yıldırımbeyazıt
- Yunusemre
- Zafer
Several unofficial denominations for neighborhoods are also in common use across İzmir and beyond to describe localities often with determined centers but vague boundaries, such as Altındağ and Pınarbaşı.
19th century Bornova and the great Levantine mansions
With a total bed capacity of only 400 across the district, most of which is accounted by the suburb's single large hotel, the accommodation facilities are rather limited inside Bornova, and the hotels in İzmir's center are generally preferred for a night's stay.
Despite that, visitors on a leisure tour are a common sight in Bornova's streets due to the town's historical center having been much in favor in the 19th century among İzmir's European and Levantine residents who left very visible architectural traces, in the form especially of the Levantine mansions of İzmir.
Indeed, Bornova used to be a summer residence for many foreign consuls and wealthy businessmen fleeing the stagnantly hot weather in central
Moving to Bornova during summer for a month or two had entered among the habits of İzmir's European/Levantine inhabitants since the preceding century, but while their rich increasingly opted to live here permanently , the city's Europeans/Levantines with more modest social conditions seem to have ceased to come to Bornova, even for the summer, by the 1820s.[8]
The mansions and residences built in the 19th century, most of which reached our day, restored and in public or private use, are usually still named after the prestigious names of the former owners, such as Whittall, Maltass,
Bornova held the first
Modern Bornova
Bornova greatly expanded in the last decades from its nest under Mount Yamanlar, where the historic and popular Turkish quarter of Erzene was juxtaposed by Levantine settlements, and today almost fully covers its surrounding Bornova plain, formerly renowned for its fertility. The previous tangerine orchards, as well as the famed okra (gumbo) gardens synonymous with the town's name (Bornova bamyası),[11] which had a secure place among the dozen cultivars, traditional and commercial, of Turkey,[12] were for the most part replaced by apartment blocks and the notoriety of Bornova's okras are now taken over by those of Urla. The urban growth occurred the direction both of the seashore and to the east towards Kemalpaşa, as well as to the south in Altındağ zone and İzmir-Aydın motorway.
The population's growth rate reached as high as 30-35% in certain years. New neighborhoods consisting of block apartments were built rapidly, some of which carry the name of the real estate developers who had initiated the construction boom, such as Özkanlar and Çamkıran. Bornova could nevertheless preserve its orderly outlook, with privately -and legally- built constructions and social housing projects keeping at pace with the increase in population, and very few slum-type residences, of which many boomtowns across Turkey are still scourged with. Bornova district counts 147,037 residential buildings.
A number of incidents occurred in recent times on count of delays in improvements along the river beds of the four streams that cross Bornova to join the Gulf of İzmir (Bornova, Laka, Manda and Şeytanderesi brooks), while residences were mushrooming around these. Furthermore, two cement mills and stone quarries, opened in what were empty fields decades ago, are now located next to residences, and the pollution caused by the former establishments is an ongoing issue of concern.[13]
Transport
A "square", more in the form of crossroads in a roundabout, slightly past the entry into Bornova coming from Manisa and which continues towards İzmir center, is the focal point of motor vehicle traffic in Bornova, with Ege University campus and large department stores extending to its south and residential areas served by smaller streets to the north.
Bornova center is served by a railway connection since 1867, initially by a branch line of İzmir-Kasaba (Turgutlu) railway completed during the same decade.
Bornova is currently the eastern terminus of İzmir's subway rapid transit line whose extension continues, and access to and from the city center, as well as between various localities of İzmir is relatively easy with either public or private transport.
Since İzmir's central
Education
Type of educational establishment |
Nr. of institutions |
Male students |
Female students |
Teachers |
Kindergarten | 102 | 2,091 | 2,078 | 225 |
Primary school | 80 | 30,529 | 27,928 | 2,296 |
Secondary-level professional |
22 | 5,732 | 7,067 | 771 |
Other high schools | 19 | 4,712 | 3,515 | 501 |
Total | 223 | 43,063 | 40,588 | 37,093 |
Bornova has 80 primary schools and 102
Higher-level educational institutions are assembled under the structure of Ege University, which brings together 11 faculties, 7 institutes, 6 higher education centers and 7 higher professional schools and 25 research centers. The university had 42,693 students and 2,895 academic staff in 2007.
In adult education, the state-managed Public Training Center and Professional Training Centers offer courses in various practical fields with a total of ~100 trainers, and 12,356 people including participants in literacy courses received courses in these establishments in 2006. Illiteracy is an issue almost exclusively restricted to new migrants into Bornova, and especially to women among these.[citation needed] There are also a number of private initiatives in the same field, such as the 29 companies offering driver's license courses.
Professions
HEALTH | Nr. of institutions |
Nr. of beds |
Nr. of doctors |
Nr. of nurses |
Nr. of auxiliary staff |
Nr. of patients served in 2006 |
University hospital |
1 | 1,811 | 2,078 | 225 | 225 | 629,235 |
Public clinics | 19 | none | 127 | 179 | 88 | n/a |
Polyclinic | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Urgency and traumatology hospital |
1 | 63 | 100 | 68 | 100 | 492,752 |
General hospitals |
2 | 2,400 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Dispensary (for tuberculosis) |
1 | none | 5 | 4 | 5 | n/a |
Mothercare, childcare, family planning centers |
3 | none | 25 | 32 | 11 | 1,140,018 |
Village clinic | 6 | none | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Dental institute | 1 | none | n/a | 14 | n/a | 128,585 |
Medical labs | 28 | none | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Pharmacies | 208 | none | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
The total of district's commercial enterprises numbering 28,016, the figure reached by accumulating the total production, retail, wholesale units and connected offices neighbors around forty five thousand, which results in the picture of a very active district.[citation needed]
855 Bornova companies are registered exporters and a total amount of $596,224,735 US Dollars could be estimated for 2006 as exports which were made by Bornova district companies. 83 companies with
Bornova's vast plain has been a preferred location for more than a century for İzmir's industrial base. The choice of Bornova by numerous official institutions as their regional headquarters, combined with the services industry, with medical and legal services especially standing out, as well as other professions, all contribute to the pace of the district. Agricultural production is comparatively very modest in added value.[citation needed]
Shopping and leisure
One of the two largest
Bornova's open market days or bazaars (held every Wednesday and Sunday) are also well known in the region and a surprising variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, clothing, kitchenware and crafted products can be found by joining the youthful crowd of the market.[citation needed]
There are three theater buildings in Bornova, the one located inside the town's central park,
279 parks in all, almost all with playgrounds for children, are scattered across Bornova. The
, which is Turkey's second longest, covering an area of 25 hectares, 7 swimming pools, 8 tennis courts, 2 indoor sports halls, 4 soccer fields and 54 basketball fields compose Bornova's sports infrastructure. 8,591 licensed sports persons inhabit the district.Five newspapers are published in Bornova and two radio stations are in activity. The total number of
A large recreational area which bears
See also
- Ege University
- Bornova Anadolu Lisesi
- Bornova Belediye
- Bornova (Izmir Metro)
- Yeşilova Höyük
- Levantine mansions of İzmir
- Bornova Ice Sports Hall
References
- ^ 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.
- shopping malls the district has, Park Bornova and Forum Bornova. A total of 17 banks offer their services with a total of 72 branches and 128 ATMs in Bornova. Medical and legal services are also found at high levels of concentration due to the presence of Ege Universityhospital and İzmir's central Hall of Justice within the boundaries of the district. See İzmir Chamber of Commerce Report.
- ^ Atay, Çınar. 1998. Osmanlı'dan .cumhuriyet'e . İzmir planları.p.31.
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- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ISBN 978-90-429-1675-3.
- ^ Sally Gallia. "A Survey of the Bornova Anglican Cemetery in Izmir, Turkey". Levantine.plus.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ISBN 9781741049275.
- ^ Kucuk, S.A.; Balkan, C.; Mutlu, S.; Ozcalabi, R.; Gurpinar, A.; Icer, B.; Aegean Regional Research Inst., Izmir (Turkey); General Directorate of Agricultural Research, Ankara (Turkey) (1998). Selection breeding of Bornova okra. AGRIS Network, Food and Agriculture Organization.
- S2CID 22621870.
- ISSN 0013-7952.
- ^ S. Günay. "Spatial information system for conservation of historic buildings; A case study: Doğanlar Church, İzmir" (PDF). Cipa.icomos.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
The International Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage (CIPA)], 2007 Athens Symposium
Resources
- "Bornova, 39p" (PDFG) (in Turkish). Izto.org.tr]. 2007.