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

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

Top Picture: Yazılıkaya Midas Town Grand Monument
Bottom Picture: Yunus Emre Mausoleum

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