Tire
Tyrrha olarak da bilinir.
- Tür: Antik Kent, Kent
- Kültür: Antik Yunan, Aydınoğlu, Bizans, Lidya, Osmanlı, Roma, Rum
- Bölge: Türkiye, Ege Bölgesi, İzmir, Tire
Tire | |
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District and municipality | |
 Tire train station | |
 Map showing Tire District in İzmir Province | |
  Tire Location in Turkey  Tire Tire (İzmir) | |
| Coordinates: 38°05′N 27°44′E / 38.083°N 27.733°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | İzmir |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hayati Okuroğlu (CHP) |
| Area | 716 km2 (276 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 92 m (302 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 87,462 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 35980 |
| Area code | 0232 |
| Website | www |
Tire (Ottoman Turkish: تيره; Greek: Θείρα, romanized: Theíra) is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 716 km2,[3] and its population is 87,462 (2022).[1] It is largely urbanized at the rate of 55.8%. Tire's center is situated at a distance of 80 km (50 mi) to the south-east from the point of departure of the traditional center of İzmir (Konak Square in Konak) and lies at a distance of 46 km (29 mi) inland from the nearest seacoast in the Gulf of Kuşadası to its west. Tire district area neighbors the district areas of Selçuk (west) Torbalı (north-west), Bayındır (north) and Ödemiş (east), all part of İzmir Province, while to the south it is bordered by Aydın Province. The district area's physical features are determined by the alluvial plain of Küçük Menderes River in its northern part and in its south by the mountains delimiting the parallel alluvial valley of Büyük Menderes River flowing between Aydın and the Aegean Sea. There is a Jewish community.[4]
Advantaged by its fertile soil and suitable climate, Tire district's economy largely relies on production and processing of agricultural products, especially of figs, cotton, corn and other grains, cash crops like tobacco and sesame, fruits like watermelons, cherries, peaches and grenadines and dry fruits like walnuts and chestnuts.
Tire center has an attractive old quarter with many impressive examples of Islamic architecture, and lively Tuesday and Friday markets, where the influence of the multicultural population of the surrounding villages can be observed. These two markets on two days of the week are famous across the larger region and among visitors on excursion and tourists for the handcrafted items found on sale and they attract a large customer base. A yearly event that also draws crowds to Tire is one of the liveliest and the most rooted (since 1403) celebrations in western Turkey of Nevruz Day on the third Sunday of every March.
A famous local speciality is Tire meatballs.
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Avotaynu: the international review of Jewish genealogy, Volume 14, G. Mokotoff, 1998, p. 40.