Districts of Izmir Province: Alacat, Alt Nda, Zmir, Armutlu, Kemalpa A, Bornova, Candarl, Ce Me, CI Li, Dikili, Do Anbey, Seferihisar, Foca, Guzelb

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Alacat, Alt nda, zmir, Armutlu, Kemalpa a, Bornova, Candarl, Ce me, Ci li, Dikili, Do anbey, Seferihisar, Foca, Guzelbahce, Ild r, Il ca, Ce me, Karaba lar, Karaburun, Kar yaka, Konak, Izmir, Mordo an, Ozdere, Selcuk, Urkmez, Yamanlar, Yenifoca, Ye ilyurt, zmir. Excerpt: Bornova is a metropolitan district of zmir in zmir Province in Turkey. It is the third largest district in zmir's Greater Metropolitan Area of and is almost fully urbanized at the rate of 98,6 per cent, with corresponding high levels of development in terms of industry and services. Bornova center is situated at a distance of 8 km (5 mi) to the northeast from the traditional center of zmir (Konak Square in Konak, zmir) and 5 km (3 mi) from the coastline at the tip of the Gulf of zmir to the west. Bornova district area is surrounded by the district areas of Manisa center and Menemen to the north, Kemalpa a to the east, Buca to the south, and Konak and Kar yaka to the west, where the larger part of zmir's urban area extends. Bornova is home to Ege University's main campus and for many at national level in Turkey Bornova's name is synonymous with the university's hospital, one of the largest and the foremost medical centers in western Turkey since decades. "Bournabat, Smyrne," as imagined by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot in a 1873 painting ordered, and subsequently refused, by the Turkish collector Eram Bey.During the Ottoman period, Bornova was called "Birunabad," often rendered as "Bournabad" or "Bournabat" in Western sources, although explanations as to how that name was composed vary. A number of sources seek the explanation in the Persian and Ottoman Turkish term birun, which means "outer, exterior," abad being a suffix common to a number of cities across the Islamic world and which forms a...