Aliağa

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Field	Value
type	metro district
name	Aliağa
image_skyline	Aliağa - www.alto.org.tr - panoramio.jpg
image_logo	Aliağa Belediyesi logo.svg
image_map	İzmir location Aliağa.svg
map_caption	Map showing Aliağa District in İzmir Province
coordinates
province	İzmir
leader_party	MHP
leader_name	Serkan Acar
area_total_km2	379
elevation_m	2
population_footnotes
population_total	104828
population_as_of	2022
postal_code	35800
area_code	0232
website
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Aliağa () is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 379 km2, and its population is 104,828 (2022). The town is situated at about 50 km north of İzmir. Aliağa has a large port, mainly for oil and bulk cargo. Its economic activity is based on tourism, shipbreaking, and an oil refinery.

Overview and history

Aliağa lies in the heart of ancient Aeolia. The town was named after a member of the influential Karaosmanoğulları ayan family, Karaosmanoğlu Ali Ağa, who owned an estate here. Before the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) the population of the town was mainly Greek. It was a township in Menemen district in 1937 and became a municipality in 1952. It finally separated from Menemen and became a district on 21 January 1982. The remains of the ancient city of Myrina are within the boundaries of the district, located at about fifteen km north of Aliağa centre. Another ancient site is the yet unexplored Gryneion, near Şakran township on the peninsula, to the south of the center town, also at a distance of 15 km. Visitors also often use the road from Aliağa to visit the remains of Aigai in Yuntdağı in Manisa Province.

In 2021, a monastery and floor mosaic were found here during an illegal excavation. Archaeologists believe that the monastery was used from the 4th century to the 14th century.

Composition

There are 30 neighbourhoods in Aliağa District:

Aşağışakran
Atatürk
Bahçedere
Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa
Bozköy
Çakmaklı
Çaltılıdere
Çıtak
Çoraklar
Fatih
Güzelhisar
Hacıömerli
Horozgediği
Kalabak
Kapıkaya
Karaköy
Karakuzu
Kazım Dirik
Kültür
Kurtuluş
Mimar Sinan
Samurlu
Şehitkemal
Siteler
Uzunhasanlar
Yalı
Yeni
Yenişakran
Yukarışehitkemal
Yüksekköy

Transport

The D.550 roadway runs through the city, between Muğla-Edirne and also to İzmir. Aliağa is also connected to İzmir by İZBAN, a commuter railway operating around İzmir. İZBAN operates 15 daily trains from Aliağa Railway Station to Alsancak Terminal in İzmir. ESHOT operates the 834 bus line to İzmir as well.

Economy

Ship-breaking

There are several facilities for dismantling and scrapping ships. The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic sped up the process of ship recycling because owners of idled cruise ships looked to stem the red ink.

Gallery

File:"Akdeniz"_-Aliağa,2015.jpg File:"Akdeniz"-Aliağa,2016.jpg File:"Boughaz"&"Akdeniz"-_Aliağa,2015.jpg File:"Jetferry_1"-_Aliağa,2016.jpg File:"Liburnija"-_Aliağa,2015.jpg File:"Medousa"-_Aliağa,2005.jpg File:"Modern_Express"-_Aliağa,2016.jpg File:"Palladio"-_Aliağa,2016.jpg File:"Porto"-_Aliağa,2018.jpg File:"Sorrento"-_Aliağa,_2016.jpg File:Monarch_et_Sovereign_en_Turquie_pour_être_démantelés.jpg

References

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"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports". [[TÜİK]].
[https://www.aliaga.bel.tr/aliaga/tarihce Aliaga History]. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
[https://www.gunaydinaliaga.com/cevat-yildirim-yazdi-bizim-rumlar-16994h.htm Bizim Rumlar]. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
[https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/monastery-mosaic-found-in-illegal-digs-163673 Monastery, mosaic found in illegal digs]
[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
[https://trharitasi.com/izmir/aliaga Aliağa haritası] – TRharitasi.com
[https://eshotsaatleri.com/834-eshot 834 eshot saatleri] – Eshotsaatleri.com
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(August 26, 2020). "Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Imagination is the 3rd to be scrapped".
(29 October 2020). "Turkey, the place where idled cruise ships go to die". National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.

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