- 8500 years of continuous life
- The population of 4,3 million people – the 3rd biggest city of Turkey
- 13 Organized Industrial Zones
- 2 Free Zones
- 4 Technological Development Zones / Technoparks
- 10 universities
- 90 R& D Centers
- 30 Design Centers
- 155 Research and Application Center
- 2.851 R&D Staff Working In Technoparks
- 443 Company Located In Technoparks
- 83 Spin-Off Company
- 5 Universities in TUBİTAK Entrepreneurship and Innovation Index
- 35 fairs of which 9 international fairs annually
- Turkey’s oldest international trade fair: 1.000 exhibitors and 1.5 million visitors each year
- The world’s 3rd largest Marble Fair: 1.180 participants, 58.000 professional visitors, 6.000 of which are foreigners
- “IF Wedding Fashion”: Europe’s leading Wedding Dresses and Evening Dresses Fair.
- More than 2.600 foreign capitalized firms
- 6,27 % of the Turkish economy
- 7,32 % industrial production of Turkey
- GDP per capita 11.505 $
