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This article is about the city of Eskisehir, for the province see [[Eskisehir Province]]
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'''Eskisehir''' ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]:''Eskişehir'') is a city in [[Anatolia]], [[Turkey]]. It has a population of 482,793 and is the capital of [[Eskişehir Province]].
The city is located on the [[Porsuk River]], 790m above sea level, where it overlooks the fertile [[Phrygian]] valley. In the nearby hills one can find hot springs. The city is located at latitude 39.7°N, longitude 30.5°E.
The name Eskişehir means ''Old City'' in [[Turkish language|Turkish]]. Indeed the city was founded by the [[Phrygians]] about [[1000 BC]]. Many Phrygian artifacts and sculptures can still be found in its Archeological Museum. There is also a museum of [[meerschaum]] stone, used to make high quality meerschaum [[smoking pipe|pipes]]. In the fourth century AD the city moved about ten [[kilometre|km]] northeast, from Karadja Hissar to Shehir Euyuk.
Whenever it was mentioned by ancient geographers, the city was described as one of the most beautiful in [[Anatolia]].
As with many towns in [[Anatolia]], [[Christianity]] arrived after [[Constantine the Great]] made it the official [[religion]] of the [[Roman Empire]]. Beginning in the [[4th century]], records exist of bishops holding office in Eskişehir. The city was known as Dorylaeum, then. One of these bishops, [[Eusebius]], was heavily involved in shaping the evolving [[dogma]] of the church.
Modern-day Eskişehir is one of Turkey's foremost industrial cities. Traditionally dependent on flour-milling and brickyards, the city expanded with the building of railway workshops in 1894 for work on the [[Berlin-Baghdad Railway]]. Eskişehir was also the site of Turkey's first aviation industry (Aeronautical Supply Maintenance Centre) and its [[air base]] is the headquarters of [[Turkish Air Force|Turkey's First Tactical Air Force]], on [[NATO|NATO's]] southern flank during the [[Cold War]].
There are two universities named Osmangazi and Anadolu.
The city has a significant population of [[Tatars]]. It also attracted ethnic [[Turkish people|Turks]] emigrating from [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]] who contributed to the development of the city's metalworking industries.
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