- This article is about the modern city. For the ancient Ionian Greek city see Phocaea
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| Country |  Turkey |
| Region | Aegean |
| Province | İzmir |
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| - Total | 205 km² (79. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The provinces of Turkey are organized into 7 census-defined regions ( bölge) which were originally defined at the First Geography Congress in 1941 Turkey is divided into 81 provinces called iller in Turkish (singular is il, see Turkish alphabet for capitalization of i Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 2 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 36,107 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 35680 |
| Area code(s) | 0232 |
| Licence plate | 35 |
| Website: www.foca.bel.tr | |
Foça is a district, as well as the center town of that district, in Turkey's İzmir Province. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Eastern European Time ( EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Daylight saving time ( DST Eastern European Summer Time ( EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 Time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Turkish car number plates are License plates found on Turkish vehicles Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches İzmir is a province of Turkey in western Anatolia on the Aegean coast whose capital is the city of Izmir.
The town of Foça is situated at about 69 km (43 mi) north by northwest of İzmir city center. İzmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country's largest port after İstanbul. The district also has a township with own municipality named Yenifoça (literally "the new Foça"), also along the shore and at a distance of 20 km (12 mi) from Foça proper. Yenifoça is a town in Foça district in Turkey 's İzmir Province. For this reason, Foça itself is locally often called as Eskifoça ("the old Foça") in daily parlance. The ancient city of Phocaea (Greek :Φώκαια) is located between the two modern Foças. This article is about the ancient city For the modern city see Foça Phocaea, or Phokaia, (Φώκαια (modern-day Foça Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly
Additionally, Yenifoça, taken over by the Genoese in 1275 and initially as a dowry, was the more active of the two Foças during the Middle Ages, due principally to the region's rich alum reserves, the Genoese lease over them having been preserved well into the Ottoman era. A dowry (also known as trousseau or tocher) is the money goods or estate that a woman brings to her soon to be husband in marriage For the purely-slang term alum meaning "graduate" see Alumnus. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish
Eski Foça stretches along two bays; a larger one named Büyükdeniz ("the greater sea") and a smaller cove within that large one, named Küçükdeniz ("the smaller sea"), where the medieval castle is also located.
Many parts of the district are under strict environmental protection, due to the value of the flora and the fauna, and the beauty of the small bays and coves, especially between Foça and Yenifoça. Therefore, a judicious way to get to know the district would be by boat tours regularly organized in partance of the center town. Because of the protective measures, new constructions are not permitted in many parts of the district and Foça is set to preserve its unique characteristic as composed principally of old houses.
The construction project for a 300-boat capacity marina in Foça is recently tendered and started, upon the completion of which the town in expected to open to still more active international tourism. For other uses of this word see Marina (disambiguation. A marina is a sheltered Harbor where Boats and Yachts
The municipality announces that, twice-a-day ferry services to Mytilene (Midilli in Turkish), to be operated by a private company will start as of 1 May 2007. Mytilene ( Greek: Μυτιλήνη - Mitilíni) is the Capital City of Lesbos, a Greek Island in the Aegean Sea Lesbos (Λέσβος also transliterated Lesvos, Midilli is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1]
Foça is the site of one of three marine protected areas established in Turkey for the preservation of the Mediterranean Monk Seal, a heavily endangered species of sea mammals. Marine Protected Area (MPA is often used as an umbrella term covering a wide range of marine areas with some level of restriction to protect living non-living cultural and/or historic The Mediterranean Monk Seal ( Monachus monachus) is believed to be the world's rarest Pinniped and one of the most endangered Mammals of the world [2]
See also
References
- ^ Foça Foça web portal Ferry services to Mytilene (English). Turkey boasts of increasingly favored ports of call for international and local yachtsmen. Purchasing property in Turkey is becoming increasingly popular with holiday home owners and investors around the globe The Turkish Riviera (also known as "The Turquoise Coast" is a popular term used to define an area of southwest Turkey encompassing Antalya, Muğla
- ^ Monk Seal Fact File
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