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Eskisehir International Festival in Eskisehir
The Eskisehir International Festival brings world orchestras, ballet companies, opera productions, and theatre troupes to this canal-lined university city in central Anatolia, staged across venues tied to Anadolu and Osmangazi Universities, drawing on Eskisehir's identity as one of Turkey's most youthful and internationally oriented cities.
Eskisehir sits on the central Anatolian plateau, a city whose modern character was reshaped over the past three decades by a determined municipal effort to clean and beautify the once-polluted Porsuk River, turning its banks into a canal-side promenade lined with cafes, sculpture, and gondola-style boats that now define the city's postcard image.