Çeşme district is located in the west of İzmir province. It is surrounded by Urla from the east, Karaburun from the north, and the Aegean Sea from the west and south. It is 5 meters above sea level. Its area is 260 km². It has 1 town (Alaçatı) and 4 villages.

According to the General Population Census of 2007, the total population of the district is 27,796. Of this population, 17.950 live in the city center, and 9.846 live in towns and villages. There are 13 primary schools and 5 secondary education institutions in the district; 247 teachers work in the schools where 4,532 students receive education.

Çeşme, known as CYSSUS in the first age, was the Ildırı Pier of Erythrai (ERİTRE), one of the 12 Ionian cities on the western coast of Anatolia estimated in 1000 BC. Therefore, Çeşme should be handled together with its history. Today, ERITRE, which is of great importance in terms of archeology and tourism, 7 BC. It had a great economic power in the 8th and 8th centuries. During this period, the city had commercial relations with the Eastern Mediterranean and especially Cyprus and held captive and wine trade together with (CHIOS) -SAKIZ island. ERITRE, first LYDIA (LIDYA), then the Persians attacked and greatly damaged, and in the 14th century BC it became a rich state again. In the 2nd century BC, the city was attached to the kingdom of Bergama and then to the Roman Empire. During the Roman period, the Çeşme region was named CYSSUS. ERITRE, which remained in the Byzantine lands when the Roman Empire was divided into two, lost its importance, especially during the period when the belief against the Put and polytheistic religions strengthened, most of the ancient buildings in the city were destroyed and burned. ERİTRE and Çeşme Region, which were connected to the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages, were first captured by the Turks during the time of ÇAKA BEY. In 1081, KLOZEMENE peninsula was captured by ÇAKA BEY, father-in-law of the First Kılıçaslan during the Seljuk period. The city, which was reconnected to the Ottoman Empire by Yıldırım Beyazıt during the Ottoman period, was reconnected to Aydınoğulları by Timur after 1402 Ankara War, and passed to the Ottomans again in 1422. After the First World War, Çeşme was occupied by the Greeks after the division of our country, but was liberated from the enemy occupation on September 16, 1922 by the troops of Fahrettin Altay Pasha during the War of Independence. As can be understood from the name of the district, it contains many historical fountains.