Çiğli is a district of İzmir, Turkey that was originally marshland along the Gediz River delta. It began growing in the late 19th century as Turkish refugees settled there after wars with Russia and Greece. Further growth occurred when survivors of earthquakes in eastern Anatolia moved to Çiğli. Today it has a population of around 3000 and includes an organized industrial zone. There is concern about continued urbanization threatening the unique biodiversity of the Gediz River delta ecosystem.

2. around 3000 people.

3.  Çiğli is a settlement that sprang up and
acquired a status rather recently. Its name
draws reference from the humid marshlands
of the delta of the River Gediz which used to
cover the area of the entire area of Çiğli. Çiğ
meaning dew in Turkish.

4.  The population is formed almost entirely in full by
recent immigration, starting as of the late-19th
century with the Turkish refugees of the Russo-
Turkish War (1877-1878). During the Greco-Turkish
War (1919-1922) some among the Turkish population
of the region found a safer refuge in Çiğli's
marshlands, especially in the general sense of
despair caused by the Menemen massacre of 17 June
1919. In the first years of the Republic of Turkey,
Çiğli acquired the status of a village under its
present name, and was settled by Turks of Western
Thrace. The village grew large enough to become a
township with own municipality, and the population
was further increased when Çiğli welcomed the
survivors of two successive earthquakes in Varto
and Hınıs, adjacent districts in eastern Anatolia, in
1946 and 1966, which had claimed thousands of lives.
Economic immigration into Çiğli from eastern
Anatolia continues at a steady pace since then and
even the mayor is Diyarbakır-born.

5.  Çiğli was attached to İzmir's metropolitan area in
1981, first as a dependency of the district of
Karşıyaka, and in 1992, as a distinct entity
possessing its own administrative structures.

6. Izmir Atatürk Organized
Industrial Zone (IAOIZ) is
located in the Çiğli district.

7.  Çiğli is service by TCDD at the Çigli Railway
Station. Also Çiğli has a new multi-railway
system that is available in Izmir named
IZBAN from Cumaovasi to Aliaga.

8.  İzmir's airport used to be in Çiğli and
carried the same name as the town, until
the entry into service of Adnan
Menderes Airport, situated south of the
metropolitan area.

9.  Situated at sea level, Çiğli district
borders in its west on the current delta of
the River Gediz where the land is under the
constant pressure of further
urbanization. The future of the delta is
among priority issues in Turkey's agenda
of the protection of the environment. Many
citizens would like to see full protection
for the delta assured to preserve its
unique fauna and flora along bird
migration routes. The delta is an IBA
(Important Bird Area) registered at the
BirdLife International.