Buses serve all districts, however, denser network presence attained in the central area.

ESHOT Genel Müdürlüğü was formed on July 27, 1943, to take over the İzmir Tram and Electric Company.

This company operated all trams, trolleybuses and electric facilities in the city.

[1] ESHOT started printing their own paper on June 11, 1957, for new information on all public utilities.

On September 1, 1994, the Coal gas factory in Alsancak closed down, leaving ESHOT only in-charge of city bus operations.