Eskisehir
AREA: 13.652 km²
POPULATION: 641.057 (1990)
TRAFFIC CODE:
26
DISTRICTS: Eskişehir (center),
Alpu, Beylikova, Çifteler, Günyüzü, Han-Çifteler, İnönü, Mahmudiye,
Mihalgazi, Mihalıççık, Sarıcakaya, Seyitgazi, Sivrihisar.
SITES OF INTEREST: Fidanlık,
Musaözü, Mestan Pınarı, Kalburcu, Çatacık, Şoförler Çeşmesi and
Madensuyu forest recreation areas, Çardak and Gümele hot springs, Midas
city and Yazılıkaya, Pessinus, Seyitgazi Nekropolü, Seyitgazi and
Sivrihisar castles, Seyit Battal Gazi and Kurşunlu complexes, Alaeddin,
Bardakçı village, Hoşkadem, Kurşunlu, Hamamkarahisar and Kılıç Mescit
mosques, Sivrihisar and Gecek Village Grand Mosques, Yunus Emre and Şeyh
Edebalı mausoleums, Himmet Dede, Alemşah and Hoca Yunus vault tombs,
small mosques of Mülk and Hazinedar villages, Seyitgazi Inn (caravansary),
Eskişehir Archeology, Eskişehir Ethnography, Eskişehir Atatürk and
Culture, Yunus Emre, Seyitgazi, Yazılıkaya Open Air, Pessinus Archeology
Museums.
Provincial Cultural Directorate
Tel: (222) 230 13 68
Fax: (222) 230 63 01
State Fine Arts Gallery Directorate
Porsuk Bulvarı, Köprübaşı
ESKİŞEHİR
Tel: (0 222) 230 13 78
Fax: 230 63 01
Eskişehir Museums
Eskişehir Museum
Address: Akarbaşı
Mah. Irmak Sok.
Eskişehir
Tel: (222) 210 17 49
Seyitgazi Museum
Address: Seyitgazi
Eskişehir
Tel: (222)
671 30 82
Historical Sites and Ruins
Pessinus - Sivrihisar
Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages
in Eskişehir
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 165
Urban Sites: 1
Natural Sites: 10
Historical Sites: -
Other Sites
Archaeological and Natural Sites: 20
Archaeological and Historical Sites: 1
Historical and Urban Sites: 1
Archaeological and Urban: 1
Total: 199
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 473
TOTAL: 672
Significant Days
Local Days of Celebration:
İnönü Victories
İnönü
1 April
Commemoration Day for Seyyit Battal Gazi
Seyyit Gazi District
1 September
Commemoration Day for Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kaplan
Sivrihisar
5 March
Arrival of Atatürk at Eskişehir
İl Centeri
21 June
Commemoration Day for Mihal Gazi
Eskişehir
27 December
Commemoration Day for Hızır Bey
Eskişehir
6 March
Freedom from Occupation Days:
Freedom Day - Eskişehir
İl Centeri
2 September
Freedom Day - Mahmudiye District
Mahmudiye
18 September
Freedom Day - Sivrihisar
Sivrihisar
20 September
Festivals:
Meerschaum White Gold Festival
Provincial Center
21-24 September
Significant Weeks:
Yunus Emre Culture and Art Week
Provincial Center-Mihalıççık-Yunus Emre Village
6-10 May
Week of Foundations
Eskişehir
30 November
Festivities:
Nasreddin Hoca Birthday Festivities
Sivrihisar and Nasreddin Hoca Village
8-10 June
Alpu Melon and Watermelon Festivities
Alpu-Uyuz Hamamköyü
12 September
Tepriş Festivities
Alpu-Fevziye Village
June
Mahmudiye Local Pure Blood Arabian Horse Races
Mahmudiye
October
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