Tire

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Tire

Total population

86,758

Elevation92 m

Land area716 km²

Coordinates38.09°, 27.73°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Tire is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 716 km2, and its population is 87,462 (2022). It is largely urbanized at the rate of 55.8%. Tire's center is situated 80 km (50 mi) to the southeast of the traditional center of İzmir and 46 km (29 mi) inland from the nearest seacoast in the Gulf of Kuşadası to its west. Tire district area neighbors the district areas of Selçuk (west) Torbalı (north-west), Bayındır (north) and Ödemiş (east), all part of İzmir Province, while to the south it is bordered by Aydın Province. The district area's physical features are determined by the alluvial plain of Küçük Menderes River in its northern part and in its south by the mountains delimiting the parallel alluvial valley of Büyük Menderes River flowing between Aydın and the Aegean Sea. There is a Jewish community.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

A

Ali Arslan

Turkish writer (born 1947)

Ümit Ünal

Turkish film director and writer (born 1965)

Y

Yasin Avcı

Turkish association football player (born 1983)

Y

Yalçın Menteş

Turkish actor (1960–2019)

A

Ali Serkan Eroğlu

Turkish revolutionary leader (1978–1997)

E

Ezgi Gözeger

Turkish meteorologist (born 1986)

B

Bostanzade Yahya Efendi

Ottoman scholar and writer.

A

Akylina of Drama

orthodox nun (1921–2006)

S

Serkay Tütüncü

Turkish actor (born 1991)

R

Refet Saygılı

Turkish physician and professor of medicine (1931–2015)

H

Halil Fevzi Uyguntürk

Turkish religious leader (1945–1982)

B

Bostan Çelebi

Z

Zeynizade Hüseyin Efendi

A

Abdülmecid Firişteoğlu

B

Bali Efendi the Sot

Ottoman religious scholar and writer (d. 1573)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in İzmir

• Bayındır
  10.1 mi away · pop. 40,049
• Ödemiş
  16.4 mi away · pop. 132,769
• Torbalı
  20.6 mi away · pop. 201,476
• Selçuk
  22.1 mi away · pop. 37,689
• Beydağ
  26 mi away · pop. 12,197
• Kiraz
  27.3 mi away · pop. 43,674
• Kemalpaşa
  29 mi away · pop. 112,049
• Menderes
  34.2 mi away · pop. 104,147
• Gaziemir
  36.5 mi away · pop. 135,000
• Karabağlar
  38.4 mi away · pop. 500,000
• İzmir
  39.9 mi away · pop. 4,493,242
• Konak
  39.9 mi away · pop. 385,000

Browse all places in İzmir →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Tire

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Chocolate-band Snail

Eobania vermiculata

Seen 2026-09-23

Southern Field Cricket

Gryllus bimaculatus

Seen 2026-09-15

Mediterranean House Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

Seen 2026-09-01

Phyllognathus excavatus

Phyllognathus excavatus

Seen 2026-08-18

River Red Gum

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Seen 2026-08-13

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-08-02

Hesperophanes sericeus

Hesperophanes sericeus

Seen 2026-07-22

Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus semilimbatus

Seen 2026-07-10

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-07-02

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).