Tire, İzmir
Tire | |
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District and municipality | |
 Tire train station | |
 Map showing Tire District in İzmir Province | |
  Tire Location in Turkey  Tire Tire (İzmir) | |
| Coordinates: 38°05′N 27°44′E / 38.083°N 27.733°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | İzmir |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hayati Okuroğlu (CHP) |
| Area | 716 km2 (276 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 92 m (302 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 87,462 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 35980 |
| Area code | 0232 |
| Website | www |
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Advantaged by its fertile soil and suitable climate, Tire district's economy largely relies on production and processing of agricultural products, especially of
Tire center has an attractive old quarter with many impressive examples of
A famous local speciality is Tire meatballs.
Etymology and history
Tire center is an ancient town and it had already acquired considerable importance under the rule of the Lydians, called Tyrrha (occasionally spelled Tarrha) at the time and lying in the middle of the road connection between the capital of Lydia and the prominent portuary center of Ephesus.
While there are various suggestions regarding its form, many sources affirm the existence of a fundamental association between the city of Tyrrha and King
The etymology of the name Tyrrha itself was suggested as being an indigenous Lydian language word and explained in terms relative to the English language word "tower".[6]
Tire developed strong ties with the
Population and administration
The municipality of Tire center is one of the oldest in Turkey, having been established in 1864, coming the ninth across the country in terms of its anteriority. Almost a quarter of the population of Tire village chose outside immigration in the last decade, which was reflected in a slight increase in population for Tire center but contributed to a fall in population of eight percent in the district as a whole. In connection with the same trend, the district receives scanty immigration from outside.
The total number of residences in Tire district reach 36,873. A total number of 16,446 enterprises of all sorts are located in Tire district. Seven banks provide services through seven branches across the district. The number of students per teacher is 18 and the number of patients per doctor is 506.
Composition
There are 88
- Adnan Menderes
- Akçaşehir
- Akkoyunlu
- Akmescit
- Akyurt
- Alacalı
- Alaylı
- Armutlu
- Atatürk
- Ayaklıkırı
- Bahariye
- Başköy
- Boynuyoğun
- Büyükkale
- Büyükkemerdere
- Büyükkömürcü
- Cambazlı
- Çayırlı
- Çeriközü
- Çiniyeri
- Çobanköy
- Çukurköy
- Cumhuriyet
- Dağdere
- Dallık
- Dere
- Derebaşı
- Dereli
- Dibekçi
- Dörteylül
- Doyranlı
- Dua Tepe
- Dumlupınar
- Dündarlı
- Eğridere
- Ertuğrul
- Eskioba
- Fatih
- Gökçen
- Halkapınar
- Hasançavuşlar
- Hisarlık
- Hürriyet
- İbni Melek
- İhsaniye
- İpekçiler
- Işıklar
- Işıklı
- İstiklal
- Kahrat
- Kaplan
- Karacaali
- Karateke
- Ketenci
- Kireli
- Kırtepe
- Kızılcahavlu
- Kocaaliler
- Küçükburun
- Küçükkale
- Küçükkemerdere
- Küçükkömürcü
- Kürdüllü
- Kurşak
- Kurtuluş
- Mahmutlar
- Mehmetler
- Musalar
- Ortaköy
- Osmancık
- Paşa
- Peşrefli
- Sarılar
- Saruhanlı
- Somak
- Toki
- Topalak
- Toparlar
- Turan
- Turgutlu
- Üzümler
- Yamandere
- Yeğenli
- Yemişler
- Yeni
- Yeniçiftlik
- Yenioba
- Yenişehir
Economy
Tire municipality's anteriority in terms of its date of constitution was reflected in a number of other fields, which indicates an interest in the region by investors of the late-19th century. A railway line built as a connection joining İzmir-Aydın railway started to be laid in 1893 and a 137 km line connecting Tire and its eastern neighbor Ödemiş to that main axis to the west, itself the very first line placed in the
Presently, the district's average per capita income situates Tire roughly in the middle among depending districts of İzmir Province. The investments made to date have yet fallen short of modifying the district's overall economic picture, despite easy access through Selçuk to the close İzmir-Aydın motorway and to
Tourism and related accommodation facilities are still underdeveloped and the accommodation facilities despite the city's potential in terms of cultural tourism and the number of beds available in Tire does not exceed a hundred.
Footnotes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Avotaynu: the international review of Jewish genealogy, Volume 14, G. Mokotoff, 1998, p. 40.
- ^ Sir John Linton Myres ASIN B0006DYK4I (1971). Herodotus: father of history. H. Regnery Co.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Will Durant - Ariel Durant B0033V52AQ (1960). The story of civilization, pp.122. Simon & Schuster.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
External links
- "Tire" (PDF) (in Turkish). İzmir Chamber of Commerce. 2007.
- Çağla Caner, )
- Tire image gallery with also pictures from the museum
Sources
- Günter Dinhobl (2008). Ralf Roth (ed.). Across the Borders: Financing the World's Railways in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. ISBN 978-0-7546-6029-3.