Eskişehir Province
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Eskişehir (literal meaning: old town) is a province in northwestern Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Bilecik to the northwest, Kutahya to the west, Afyon to the southwest, Konya to the south, Ankara to the east, and Bolu to the north. The provincial capital is Eskişehir.
Eskişehir is an old, culturally developed city of Turkey. It has a population of 700,000. Eskişehir government and municipality creates a European City in the middle of Anatolia. Eskişehir has 2 universities, one of them, called Anadolu Üniversitesi, is the largest university in Turkey and is a world wide university which has some branch offices in Europe. The other university, called Osmangazi Üniversitesi ESOGU, has a good department of medicine.
Eskişehir's People
Eskişehir's population has a high literacy level for Turkey at about 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.Meerschaum
Eskişehir is internationally known as the source of Meerschaum, a white foamy stone which is used for smoking pipes with detailed carvings.External links
- () [Governor's web site].
- () [Anadolu University in Eskişehir].
- () [Eskişehir Osmangazi University].
- () [Eskişehir Weather Forecast Information]
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| Districts of Eskişehir |
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| Eskişehir | Alpu | Beylikova | Çifteler | Günyüzü | Han | İnönü | Mahmudiye | Mihalgazi | Mihalıççık | Sarıcakaya | Seyitgazi | Sivrihisar | ||
| Provinces of Turkey |
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| Adana | Adiyaman | Afyonkarahisar | Agri | Aksaray | Amasya | Ankara | Antalya | Ardahan | Artvin | Aydin | Balikesir | Bartin | Batman | Bayburt | Bilecik |Bingöl | Bitlis | Bolu | Burdur | Bursa | Çanakkale | Çankiri | Çorum | Denizli | Diyarbakir | Düzce |Edirne | Elazig | Erzincan | Erzurum | Eskisehir | Gaziantep | Giresun | Gümüshane | Hakkari | Hatay | Igdir | Isparta | Içel | Istanbul | Izmir | Kahramanmaras | Karabük | Karaman | Kars | Kastamonu | Kayseri | Kilis | Kirikkale | Kirklareli | Kirsehir | Kocaeli | Konya | Kütahya | Malatya | Manisa | Mardin | Mugla | Mus | Nevsehir | Nigde | Ordu | Osmaniye | Rize | Sakarya | Samsun | Sanliurfa | Siirt | Sinop | Sirnak | Sivas | Tekirdag | Tokat | Trabzon | Tunceli | Usak | Van | Yalova | Yozgat | Zonguldak | |
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