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 TiRE
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| Tire which is one of the big
provinces
of Izmir, is 82 kilometers further than the city-center. It was established on the northern feet of Aydin
Mountains. It is remembered
as ''Green Tire'' due to its geographical structure and natural
vegetation. From the First Age to the periods before
Turks, the city was called ''TEIRA''. It took the name of ''TIRE'' in the Turks
periods.
The city which existed in Hitit, Frigya, Lydia, Pers, Hellen, Roman and Byzantian
periods,
has the variety of cultural inheritance. The city with the foundation of Aydinogullari principality on the land in Menderes
region was growing rapidly in 1308. From that time Tire and its surroundings grew
economicly with the new monuments, paralel to this the folkloric values of the city
alived. Tire was a center of Aydinogullari principality for a certain time and in 1426.Tire was exactly tied to the Ottoman
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Besides it was sanjak center of Aydin
province that was newlly found. The initiation of errection movements especially in Murat
the Second and Fatih Sultan Mehmet periods made the city to be between the other important
cities. There are architecturally wealthy samples in Tire, and many of them are
inns, madrasas, Turkish baths, a bedesten and a
bazaar.
The mosques reflect the classical
architectural style of the Ottoman period. These are generally single doomed and single
aboded. A preparation place takes place in the Northern side of these
errections. In these
mosques that were made of stones, marble and bricks the front garnishments are sometimes
seen.
The minarets of the mosques which
were early made were constructed with bricks an there are motives that are made with those
bricks on them.They are square, rectangular sometimes hexagonial geometrical
shapes. There
are the samples of carigraphic garnishm ents, tile panels and wood ornaments are seen
inside of these mosques.
The mosques that worth seeing can be
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Yeni Mosque (1597),
Karakadı Mosque (14-15th
century),
Paşa Mosque (16th
century),
Tahtakale Mosque (1401),
Yeşil imaret (Soup
Kitchen for the poor)
(1426-1441),
Lütfü Paşa Mosque (16th
century). Also the Bazaar of Tire worths seeing in the region that
i s called Tahtakale Site, the historical Kutu Inn (1426-1444), Arasta (15th
century),
Tahtakale Turkish Bath (15th century) formed an ancient Bazaar region, this area reminds a
medieval district which the shopping had been made since 700 years and transfer s old and
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Tire has a rich cultural accumalation because it is one of the oldest
settlements in Western Anatolia. Because the city was not located on one of the main roads
the characteristics of different fields of the Turkish Culture were preserved. When the
settle ment of rich different sects and nomadic groups in the first era were added to this
the Turkish Culture of the hand crafts did not lose its unique genuineness and it survived
to our day.
Among the Tire hand crafts we can list rope making packsaddling,
felting, quilting, matting, Beledi horseshoe making, and embroidery, which are the main
products of our genuie culture. In these crafts, hand work and the Turkish intelligence
holds a
separate value for the making of the craft. We can see clearly with the works of art how
much our ancestors were tied to nature with their ideas and
interpretations. |
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Of Turkish Metal Art In Tire : |
| Our ancestors, who were greatly
influenced by the Anatolian Culture, used the tools that this geography supplied them.
They were especially influenced in art by creatures which effected them and they have made
them a part of their culture. Animal and
plant motifs were used in metal arts. They were used in door knockers, workplace
blinds,
oil lamps, kitchen and Turkish bath metal bowls. The making was mainly based on the
technique of pouring metal into molds. It is sometimes worked by beating and the ajur
technique. (piercing
works) |
| Wood
Work In Our Hand Crafts : |
| Among the Turkish hand crafts, wood carving has a unique place. The attractive wood
carving art which can be seen in the mimbars, windows, doors and ceiling decorations of
our religious structures is proof of the Turks artistic identity. Geometric and pl ant
motifs that are sometimes seen together, and sometimes alone unfortunately have not
survived much to our day. |
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| The wood work seen on
the doors and windows of the Green Soup Kitchen (Imaret), and the Yeniceköy and
Kazanoğlu Mosques, have survived despite being worn out. Especially the door of the main
entrance of the Yesil Imaret and the Sky room door are of beaut y that can not be
compared. The Pasa Mosque mimbar that is found in the Tire Museum is worth being
remembered with its valueable decorations.Examples of the woodwork which were used in the
inner decoration of civil architecture can be seen in the ceiling of the Bayraktar Aga
Mansion and the border under the ceiling of the Alamescit Mansion are impressive and they
still preserve their beauty. |
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| TORBALI |
| BAYINDIR |
POPULATION
: 47.312
DISTANCE FROM IZMIR : 110
km
Advantages Offered by Bayındır :
Rich agricultural areas and a large food consumption
market and proximity to Izmir. Potential of thermal and
hunting tourism. |
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