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Ataşehir (Tram İzmir)

İzmir Tram station

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ48965823 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ataşehir is the terminus of the Karşıyaka Tram Orange Line in İzmir, Turkey. It is located in the residential neighborhood of Ataşehir, Çiğli on 8291st Street. On official municipality maps, connection to İZBAN at Mavişehir station is shown, despite the station being 920 m (3,020 ft) northeast of the tram station.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Ataşehir (Tram İzmir)” as i̇zmir Tram station. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ataşehir, Tram and İzmir.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current 51-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2017. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ataşehir, Tram and İzmir providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Ataşehir (Tram İzmir)”, the useful work is to connect “i̇zmir Tram station” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q48965823. Authority coordinates are 38.480, 27.073. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ataşehir (Tram İzmir)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ataşehir (Tram İzmir) primary sources, Ataşehir (Tram İzmir) archive and Ataşehir research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ataşehir (Tram İzmir)”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Ataşehir (Tram İzmir)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.