Torbalı

Torbalı

Torbalı

District and municipality in İzmir, Turkey

Torbalı (Turkish pronunciation: ['toɾbaɫɯ]) is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 577 km2,[3] and its population is 207,840 (2022).[1]

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An ancient Ionian city, Metropolis, is found in the district. It was famous for its wines and religious sites, and had three sanctuaries in marble dedicated to the Roman Emperor Augustus and his foster child Germanicus, in an ancient theatre which dominates the valley.[citation needed]

Pieces of art found during the excavations are now exhibited in İzmir and Ephesus museums. The town has the remains of an old port and a few holiday complexes, and is set attractively against a pine forest.[citation needed]

Composition

There are 60 neighbourhoods in Torbalı District:[4]

  • 19 Mayıs
  • Ahmetli
  • Alpkent
  • Arslanlar
  • Atalan
  • Atatürk
  • Ayrancılar
  • Bahçelievler
  • Bozköy
  • Bülbüldere
  • Çakırbeyli
  • Çamlıca
  • Çapak
  • Çaybaşı
  • Cumhuriyet
  • Dağkızılca
  • Dağteke
  • Demirci
  • Dirmil
  • Düverlik
  • Eğerci
  • Ertuğrul
  • Fevziçakmak
  • Gazi Mustafa Kemal
  • Göllüce
  • Helvacı
  • İnönü
  • İstiklal
  • Kaplancık
  • Karakızlar
  • Karakuyu
  • Karaot
  • Karşıyaka
  • Kazım Karabekir
  • Kırbaş
  • Kuşçuburun
  • Muratbey
  • Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  • Naime
  • Ormanköy
  • Ortaköy
  • Özbey
  • Pamukyazı
  • Pancar
  • Sağlık
  • Saipler
  • Şehitler
  • Subaşı
  • Taşkesik
  • Tepeköy
  • Torbalı
  • Tulum
  • Türkmenköy
  • Yazıbaşı
  • Yedi Eylül
  • Yemişlik
  • Yeniköy
  • Yenimahalle
  • Yeşilköy
  • Yoğurtçular

Excavations

In June 2021, archaeologists announced the discovery of a well-preserved 1,800-year-old marble statue of a woman standing on a pedestal in Torbalı district. The head and two arms of the statue were missing.[5][6][7]

Economy

BR Mağazacılık, a division of Boyner Group, manufactures and retails the brands Altınyıldız Classics and Beymen Business, and is headquartered in Torbalı.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. [2]
    Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. [3]
    "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. [4]
    Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  5. [5]
    "1,800-year-old statue found in ancient Metropolis". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  6. [6]
    Holth, Jesse (2021-06-24). "1,800-Year-Old Statue Found in Ancient "City of the Mother Goddess" in Turkey". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  7. [7]
    Gershon, Livia. "Headless Statue of Ancient Woman Discovered in Turkey's 'Mother Goddess City'". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  8. [8]
    "Home". BR Mağazacılık (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 May 2024.


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