Odunpazarı (literally "firewood market" in Turkish) is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,120 km²,[3] and its population is 422,423 (2022), 47% of the provincial population.[1] Odunpazarı District covers the southern part of Greater Eskişehir, including the historic center, and the adjacent countryside.
In 2008 the district Odunpazarı was created from part of the former central district of Eskişehir, along with the district Tepebaşı.[4][5] At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.[6]
Neighbourhoods (Mahalle) are small administrative units within the municipalities, and are administered by the muhtar and the Neighborhood Seniors Council consisting of 4 members. Muhtar and the Senior Council are elected for 5 years at the local elections and are not affiliated with political parties. Neighborhoods are not an incorporation therefore do not hold government status. Muhtar, although being elected by the residents, acts merely as an administrator of the district governor. Muhtar can voice the neighborhood issues to the municipal hall together with the Seniors Council.
