Foça
Foça | |
|---|---|
District and municipality | |
 Marina of Foça | |
 Map showing Foça District in İzmir Province | |
  Foça Location in Turkey  Foça Foça (İzmir) | |
| Coordinates: 38°40′N 26°46′E / 38.667°N 26.767°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | İzmir |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fatih Gürbüz (CHP) |
| Area | 251 km2 (97 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 34,946 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 35410 |
| Area code | 0232 |
| Website | www |
Foça is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 251 km2,[3] and its population is 34,946 (2022).[1] The town of Foça is situated at about 69 km (43 mi) northwest of İzmir's city center on the Aegean coast. The district has a settlement and former municipality named Yenifoça (literally "New Foça"), also along the shore and at a distance of 20 km (12 mi) from Foça proper. For this reason, Foça itself is locally often called as Eskifoça ("Old Foça") in daily parlance. The town is built on the site of the ancient Greek city of Phocaea (Greek: Φώκαια).
History
The town of
In addition, Phocaeans were known as ones of the first in Ionia to mint "electron" coins using natural gold-silver mixture. Of course, this civilized progress affected many civilizations of that time and attracted them to Anatolia.
Phocaea was taken over by the
From 1867 until 1922, Foça was part of the
Eski Foça stretches along two bays; a larger one named Büyükdeniz ("Greater Sea") and a smaller cove within that large one, named Küçükdeniz ("Smaller Sea"), where the medieval Foça Castle is also located.
Many parts of the district are under strict environmental protection, due to the value of the flora and the fauna, and the beauty of the small bays and coves, especially between Foça and Yenifoça. Therefore, a judicious way to get to know the district would be by boat tours regularly organized in partance from the town center. Because of the protective measures, new constructions are not permitted in many parts of the district and Foça is set to preserve its unique characteristic as composed principally of old houses.
The construction project for a 300-boat capacity marina in Foça is recently tendered and started, upon the completion of which the town is expected to open to more active international tourism.
Foça is the site of one of three marine protected areas established in Turkey for the preservation of the Mediterranean monk seal, a heavily endangered species of sea mammals.[9]
The
Composition
There are 16
- Atatürk
- Cumhuriyet
- Fatih
- Fevziçakmak
- Fevzipaşa
- Hacıveli
- Ilıpınar
- İsmetpaşa
- Kazım Dirik
- Kemal Atatürk
- Kocamehmetler
- Kozbeyli
- Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- Yenibağarası
- Yeniköy
- Markköy
See also
- Massacre of Phocaea
- Marinas in Turkey
- Foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey
- Turkish Riviera
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.
- ISBN 978-0714633725.) Page 161.
- ISBN 0871691272. Page 188.
- ISBN 0871691272. Page 239.
- ^ Lieberman, 2013: pp. 79–80
- ^ doi:10.4000/ceb.911. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Monk Seal Fact File[permanent dead link]
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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