A suburb of Izmir, Bornova was the hub of the Levantine community in the late l9th and 20th centuries. Today it houses the campus of Ege University. The Izmir-Manisa road passes through Bornova, which is linked to the city centre by a 7 km railway line.

Bornova is a district of Ä°zmir Province of Turkey. It is one of the metropolitan districts of Greater Ä°zmir, situated at a distance of 8 km from the city centre (Konak) and 5 km from the coast at the tip of the Gulf of Ä°zmir.