Çiğli

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Çiğli (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Izmir
Coordinates : 38 ° 29 '  N , 27 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 29 '28 "  N , 27 ° 3' 56"  E
Height : m
Residents : 176,864 (2014)
Telephone code : (+90)
Postal code : 35 620
License plate : 35
Structure and administration (as of 2015)
Mayor : Hasan Arslan ( CHP )
Website:
Çiğli County
Residents : 176,864 (2014)
Surface: 97 km²
Population density : 1,823 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Yusuf Guler
Website (Kaymakam):
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Çiğli is a district in the Turkish province of Izmir and at the same time a district of the Büyükşehir Belediyesi (city municipality) Izmir . After a regional reform, the city is identical in terms of population and area to the district.

geography

Çiğli is located 17 kilometers west of the city center of Izmir on the north bank of the Gulf of Izmir ( İzmir Körfezi ). The district borders Karşıyaka in the east and Menemen in the north . In the south and west on the coast of the gulf, partly in a salt mining area, is the bird paradise İzmir Kuş Cenneti , where numerous bird species live in the shallow water, mainly flamingos . The area extends north along the coast into Menemen County. The Sasalı Doğal Yaşam Parkı zoo is also to the west of the district in the Sasalı district .

history

On February 11, 1980, government soldiers and gendarmerie were used against militant workers on a factory site in Çiğli who had occupied them for a month. Afterwards 1,500 workers were arrested.

Town twinning

GermanyGermany Berlin , Neukölln district , Germany since October 29, 2005

traffic

Çiğli Railway Station

Çiğli owns a station of the state railway company TCDD on the Izmir-Ankara line.

The Çiğli Hava Üssü air force base is also located here ( IATA airport code : IGL, ICAO : LTBL).

Web links

Commons : Çiğli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 25, 2015 on WebCite ), accessed December 25, 2015
  2. http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/TURKEY-UNREST/70a72affa23909e261e5dccfd33ed06d?current=2&hits=97&query=izmir%20&orderBy=Relevance&referrer=search&search=%2fsearch%3fquery%3dizmir%2520%26allFilters%3dAP%2520TELEVISION%3aSource&page= 1 & b = bc6a56 & allFilters = AP + TELEVISION% 3aSource