Karşıyaka

Karşıyaka (pronounced [kaɾʃɯˈjaka]) is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey. It is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area of İzmir, in other words a metropolitan district, the second largest after Konak in terms of population, and it is almost entirely urbanized at the rate of 99,9 per cent, with corresponding high levels of development in terms of lifestyle and services. Karşıyaka extends for twelve kilometers along the northern and eastern coastline of the tip of the Gulf of İzmir. Its center is at a distance of 20 km (12 mi) to the north from the traditional center of entire İzmir, that is Konak Square in Konak at the opposite coast, and İzmir's central areas are of quicker and easier access from Karşıyaka by ferry, in fifteen...