Karşıyaka

Karşıyaka
District
Karşıyaka Bazaar Street (Çarşı), seen from the top of the pier in 2015
Location of Karşıyaka within metropolitan Izmir.
Karşıyaka Location of Karşıyaka within metropolitan Izmir.
Coordinates: 38°27′34.46″N 27°6′54.73″E / 38.4595722°N 27.1152028°E / 38.4595722; 27.1152028Coordinates: 38°27′34.46″N 27°6′54.73″E / 38.4595722°N 27.1152028°E / 38.4595722; 27.1152028
Country	Turkey
Region	Aegean
Province	İzmir
Government
• Mayor	Hüseyin Mutlu Akpınar Republican People's Party
Area
• District	65.70 km2 (25.37 sq mi)
Elevation	0-700 m (−2,300 ft)
Population (2012)
• Urban	315,008
• District	315,294
• District density	4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	35x xx
Area code(s)	0232
Licence plate	35
Website	http://www.karsiyaka.bel.tr

Karşıyaka (pronounced [kaɾʃɯˈjaka]) is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey. The district extends for twelve kilometres along the northern and eastern coastline of the tip of the Gulf of İzmir. Its centre is at a distance of 6 km (4 mi) to the north from the traditional centre of İzmir, which is Konak Square in Konak at the opposite coast. Karşıyaka's district area neighbours the district areas of Menemen to the north, Bornova to the east and Çiğli to the west. Karşıyaka's overall level of education is recognised as being of the highest in Turkey. Besides being an active venue of commerce, culture and educational actitivies and tourism, Karşıyaka also boasts an advanced urban culture of its own, centred on the cherished home team Karşıyaka SK, which commands a large and passionate fan base.

Late created formations around Izmir consist of sandstone, shale and limestone blocks some of which may be larger than several kilometers. Such formations which are generally observed on hills around the region, are the main reasons for resistance on the hills. In addition to these, the community of neogen age can easily be estimated through the andesitic compounds of volcanic origin, around Mount Yamanlar. Such units can be listed as silisium, aluminum, sodium, lava with magnesium content, tuff and tuff stuffed lava agglomerates. The lava also contains reddish brown and greenish gray large feldspar crystals. Neogen sedimentary rocks are made up of clay stone, sandstone and pebble stones at dept while being made up only of limestone on the top. At some places clay stone is observed on limestone layers. It is possible to say that ground resistance is satisfactory in regions covered with limestone on top, while ground resistance is low in regions which has thin layers of limestone intercalated with mud rocks.

Karşıyaka bears the general characteristics of the Mediterranean climate zone. It is rainy in winter and hot in summer. As it is the case for İzmir's entire coastline, Karşıyaka benefits on a daily basis from the famous north-west wind called "imbat", because of which ships in the Gulf of İzmir will always be anchored in a northwest-southeast position, and which cools the city during summer days.