Eskişehir Province ( Turkish : Eskişehir ili ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey . Its area is 13,960 km, and its population is 906,617 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Bilecik to the northwest, Kütahya to the west, Afyon to the southwest, Konya to the south, Ankara to the east, and Bolu to the north. The provincial capital is Eskişehir . Most of the province is laid down in Central Anatolia Region . Northern parts of Mihalıççık district and ones of Mihalgazi and Sarıcakaya are located in the Black Sea Region and one of them belong to the Aegean Region .
7-529: Eskişehir is an old and culturally developed province of Turkey. Eskişehir has 2 universities, Eskişehir Osmangazi University and Anadolu University , which is the largest university in Turkey and which has some branch offices in Europe. Eskişehir has a cold semi-arid steppe climate ( BSk ) according to Köppen climate classification . It features warm to hot dry summers and cold to freezing winters. Eskişehir Province
14-468: Is divided into 14 districts: Eskişehir's population has a high literacy level of 99%. Many universities and military installations are located in and around the city. Turkish technical students are concentrated in the Eskişehir universities. Infrastructural problems have been partially solved in 2004 with the construction of a tram system. Eskisehir, and neighboring cities were the major settlement area for
21-907: The Eskişehir Province of Turkey . Eskişehir Osmangazi University (ESOGU) is a state university that dates back to the foundation of the Faculty of Medicine , the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and the Faculty of Letters and Applied Sciences in 1970. These pioneering faculties became the founders of Anadolu University in 1972. These three faculties together with Eskişehir School of Health, Eskişehir Vocational School of Health Services, Institutes of Health Sciences, Metallurgy, and Applied Sciences, newly founded Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences and Institute of Social Sciences, have formed Eskişehir Osmangazi University on 18 August 1993. The University has added many new faculties and colleges over
28-571: The Seyitgazi district at the Küllüoba site was announced by the municipal workers while construction work. 39°39′31″N 31°02′13″E / 39.65861°N 31.03694°E / 39.65861; 31.03694 Eski%C5%9Fehir Osmangazi University Eskisehir Osmangazi University ( Turkish : Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi ), abbreviated as ESOGU, is located in Eskişehir , in
35-611: The descendants of the founders of the Ottoman Empire, about 1000 years ago. Many villages in the province carry the names of the Turkish tribes/clans from those times. Some people in the city of Eskişehir trace their family origin back to Crimea and the Caucasus . There are also descendants of Turkish immigrants from the Balkans fleeing war and persecution. Eskişehir is internationally known as
42-511: The source of Meerschaum , a white foamy stone which is used for making smoking pipes with detailed carvings. The stone is called lületaşı in Turkish . In August 2019, researchers head by Prof. Murat Türkteki announced the discovery of two skeletons dating back about 5,000 years in the same sarcophagus in Early Bronze Age settlement Küllüoba . Excavators assumed that one of the skeletons
49-407: Was a 13-year-old girl and other was a man in his late 30s. In August 2020, archaeologists head by Prof. Murat Türktaki revealed a 5,000-year-old paint palette made of stone in the Seyitgazi district at the Küllüoba site. According to Türktaki, this palette was used for painting dishes. In March 2021, discovery of the marble sarcophagus which is 1.5 meters tall and 33 centimeters wide in
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