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Karabağlar
District and municipality in İzmir, Turkey

Karabağlar

Karabağlar is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.

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Its area is 89 km2, and its population is 479,338 (2022). It is the second biggest district of İzmir Province as terms of population. It covers the south-central part of the metropolitan area of İzmir. The district of Karabağlar was created in 2008 from a portion of the district of Konak.

How locals move

Getting around Karabağlar the local way

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  • Buca-Gıda Çarşısı

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  • Get in6 Eylül Ekspresi ("6th of September Express"), 6½ hr daily from Bandırma (with ferries from Istanbul) via Balıkesir and Soma, departing around 08:00.
  • Get inAs of 2024 there are no ferries to Izmir beyond local services round the bay; no blame attaches to Scylla or Charybdis.
  • Get inSee Çeşme#By boat for the ferry from Chios.
  • Get aroundİzmirim Kart is the contactless smart card used for all modes of public transport, available from multiple locations including the airport, ferry piers, and railway and metro stations.
  • Get aroundIZBAN railway (shown in green) runs north-south: South Line runs from Tepeköy (for Torbali) in the south via the airport and Menderes town to Hilal (for Metro) and Alsancak (for trams, city ferries and the North Line).
  • Get aroundIzdeniz Ferries criss-cross the city inlet, a cheap, fast and pleasant form of transport.

From Wikivoyage: Izmir, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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