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 Map showing Gaziemir District in İzmir Province | |
  Gaziemir Location in Turkey Show map of Turkey Gaziemir Gaziemir (İzmir) Show map of İzmir | |
| Coordinates:38°19′17″N27°07′39″E / 38.32139°N 27.12750°E /38.32139; 27.12750 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | İzmir |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ünal Işık (CHP) |
Area | 70 km2 (30 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 137,754 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 35980 |
| Area code | 0232 |
| Website | www |
Gaziemir is a municipality anddistrict ofİzmir Province,Turkey.[2] Its area is 70 km2,[3] and its population is 137,754 (2022).[1] It is situated to the south of centralİzmir (Konak) on the road into town.İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport is situated within the boundaries of the district,[4] as is theAegean Free Zone export processing industrial park, which is also home to the third space camp in the world,Space Camp Turkey.
Gaziemir was founded in the 14th century byUmur Beg (Ghazi Umur, calledUmur Pasha inOttoman sources) of the dynasty of theBeylik ofAydin, who had brought and settledYörük clans fromKonya to the region. The first mention in Ottoman records dates from 1530 and the settlement was namedSeydiköy 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, theLevant Company chaplain at İzmir (then known in English by its Greek name of Smyrna), notes that the town of Seydoköy (renderedSedjagui 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 writerPaul Rycaut, whose house Covel visited.[5] After the 17th century, in line with the general pace of development in fertile westernAnatolian valleys based on olive/figs/raisin/cotton exports and the ensuing population movements from theAegean Islands, Seydiköy was largely settled byGreeks who came to constitute a large majority as of the second half of the 19th century.
The Greek population was exchanged after theGreco-Turkish War (1919-1922) in the frame of theExchange of populations between Greece and Turkey, and was replaced byTurkish immigrants fromKavala region as well as fromBulgaria. 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 ofSarnıç which was a part of Konak district.
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. Thefurniture industry (both home furniture andoffice furniture) is particularly developed. Companies established within theAegean Free Zone generally focus on export processing, while the presence of such Turkish or international outlets asMigros Türk,Kipa (aTescojoint-venture) andMetro AGOptimum Outlet subsidiaries makes Gaziemir one the important retail centers of İzmir.
The airlineIZair is headquartered in Gaziemir, on the grounds ofİzmir Adnan Menderes Airport.[6]
There are 17neighbourhoods in Gaziemir District:[7]
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