Eskişehir's population has a high literacy level of 99%. Many universities and military installations are located in and around the city. Turkish technical students are concentrated in the Eskişehir universities. Infrastructural problems have been partially solved in 2004 with the construction of a tram system.
Eskisehir, and neighboring cities were the major settlement area for the descendants of the founders of the Ottoman Empire, about 1000 years ago. Many villages in the province carry the names of the Turkish tribes/clans from those times. Some people in the city of Eskişehir trace their family origin back toCrimea and theCaucasus. There are also descendants of Turkish immigrants from theBalkans fleeing war and persecution.
Eskişehir is internationally known as the source ofMeerschaum, a white foamy stone which is used for makingsmoking pipes with detailed carvings. The stone is calledlületaşı inTurkish.[citation needed]
In August 2019, researchers head by Prof. Murat Türkteki announced the discovery of two skeletons dating back about 5,000 years in the samesarcophagus in EarlyBronze Age settlementKüllüoba. Excavators assumed that one of the skeletons was a 13-year-old girl and other was a man in his late 30s.[6][7][8]
In August 2020, archaeologists head by Prof. Murat Türktaki revealed a 5,000-year-old paint palette made of stone in theSeyitgazi district at the Küllüoba site. According to Türktaki, this palette was used for painting dishes.[9][10]
In March 2021, the discovery of themarblesarcophagus which is 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) tall and 33 centimetres (13 in) wide in theSeyitgazi district at the Küllüoba site was announced by the municipal workers while construction work.[11][12][13]
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