Lozan Meydanı

About Lozan Meydanı

Lozan Meydanı, or Lausanne Square, is a city square and roundabout in the Kültür neighbourhood of Konak, on the western side of Kültürpark. It is one of three squares along that side of the park, with Montrö Square and 9 Eylül Square, and the Lozan Gate, one of the park's five entrances, opens onto it. The square takes its name from the Swiss city of Lausanne and commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, which ended the Turkish War of Independence. It opened in 1938 as part of the new city plan for İzmir drawn up by the French planner Maurice Louis Gauthier, in which squares like this one were meeting points for long straight boulevards. Şair Eşref Bulvarı runs through the square, where it meets Vasıf Çınar Bulvarı, which heads straight to the Kordon seafront, and Plevne Bulvarı, which leads towards Gündoğdu Square. Atatürk Lisesi, one of the city's best known high schools, stands on the south-west side. Tracks for the Konak Tram were laid round the roundabout in 2017, and the Kültürpark Atatürk Lisesi tram stop is just to the south, which makes the square an easy starting point for a walk into Kültürpark or down to Alsancak and the Kordon.