Eskisehir (Turkish spelling: Eskişehir; literal meaning: old town) is a province in northwestern Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Bilecik to the northwest, Kutahya to the west, Afyon to the southwest, Konya to the south, Ankara to the east, and Bolu to the north. The provincial capital is Eskisehir.
External link
Governor's web site (http://www.eskisehir.gov.tr).
It is the capital of EskisehirProvince with 710,000 inhabitants (2004 estimate).
Eskisehir is one of the largest industrial centres of Turkey, with several modern industries, producing railway locomotives, fighter aircraft, agricultural equipment, textiles, brick, cement, chemicals, processed meerschaum and refined sugar.
Eskisehir is a railway junction between the Istanbul-Ankara and the Istanbul-Baghdad lines.