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İzmir is a city in the west of Turkey. It has one of the biggest seaports in the Aegean Sea region and all of Turkey. İzmir is a popular destination for tourists, who come for beaches and cultural tours. It has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Köppen climate classification). Izmir is the third largest city in Turkey.

This is an ancient city; many scholars think Homer was born in Smyrna. An earthquake destroyed it in 187 AD, and it was rebuilt. The Greek name for this formerly Greek city is Smyrna. That name was also used in English until the 20th century. About 30 km (20 miles) south of İzmir, there is an ancient Greek city named Ephesus.

İzmir was a candidate for Expo 2015. However, Milan had more support, so İzmir lost.

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  • Cumhuriyet Square

    Cumhuriyet (Republic) Square in İzmir

  • Karabel1

    Karabel relief of the Luwian local leader "Tarkasnawa, King of Myra" is near Kemalpaşa, a few kilometres to the east of İzmir.

  • IONIA, Klazomenai. Circa 386-301 BC

    oinage of Klazomenai, circa 386–301 BC in Urla, slightly outside İzmir urban zone, is associated with some of the oldest known records of trade in olive oil.

  • Colossal reclining statue of the river god Kaystros with a cornucopia, from the frigidarium of the Vedius Gymnasium at Ephesus, 2nd century AD, Izmir Museum of History and Art, Turkey (45112787215)

    Statue of the river god Kaystros with a cornucopia, at the Museum of History and Art, Kültürpark, Izmir.

  • İzmir Archaeology Museum 09

    İzmir Archaeology Museum has exhibits from ancient sites like Bayraklı (ancient Smyrna), Ephesus, Pergamon, Miletus, Aphrodisias, Clazomenae, Teos, and Iasos.

  • Agora of Smyrna, built during the Hellenistic era at the base of Pagos Hill and totally rebuilt under Marcus Aurelius after the destructive 178 AD earthquake, Izmir, Turkey (18699693425)

    Agora of Smyrna

  • Kızlarağası hanı-Hisar camii-Kemeraltı-İzmir - panoramio

    Hisar Mosque (1592–1598) in the Kemeraltı neighbourhood of İzmir.

  • Izmir1883

    The port of İzmir, from an 1883 encyclopedia.

  • SAINT STEPHEN ETIENNE ARMENIAN CHURCH SMYRNA Postcard c. 1907

    The St. Stepanos Armenian Church (1863) located in the Basmane district served the Armenian community of İzmir. It was burned during the Great Fire of Smyrna in 1922.

  • İzmir Chamber of Commerce Headquarters

    İzmir Chamber of Commerce in Konak

  • İzmir, Turkey

    Astronaut photograph highlighting the modern urban landscape of İzmir

  • St. John's Cathedral (RC), Izmir

    St. John's Cathedral (1874) is dedicated to John the Evangelist, who wrote the Book of Revelation and sent the scrolls describing his visions to the Seven churches of Asia, including Smyrna (İzmir).

  • TR Izmir asv2020-02 img51 Bet Israel Synagogue

    Bet Israel Synagogue (1907) is located in Karataş, İzmir.

  • TR Izmir asv2020-02 img31 Konak Square

    The Clock Tower is the symbol of the city

  • Asansor From Ground Level Izmir Turkey

    Asansör (1907) offers panoramic views of the city

  • Konak Pier 03

    Designed by Gustave Eiffel in 1890, the Konak Pier has numerous shops, cafés and restaurants.

  • ASM Night

    Arkas Art Center in Izmir

  • Kültürpark, May 2019 (1)

    A view of Kültürpark in central İzmir

  • Ahmet Adnan Saygun Art Center in Izmir

    Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center

  • Folkart Towers 1

    Skyscrapers in the Bayraklı district of İzmir

  • İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu

    İzmir Atatürk Stadium (1964) hosted the 1971 Mediterranean Games, the 2005 Summer Universiade and the 2011 European Team Championships, among other track and field events. It is also used by İzmir's football clubs.

  • Göztepe Stadyumu

    Gürsel Aksel Stadium is the main stadium of Göztepe S.K. in Konak, İzmir. Göztepe reached the semi-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (which later became the UEFA Cup) in the 1968–69 season, and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the 1969–70 season; becoming the first ever Turkish football club to play a semi-final game in Europe.

  • Tunç Soyer (cropped)

    Tunç Soyer of the CHP is the current Mayor of İzmir, elected in 2019.

  • Buca Eğitim Fakültesi Dekanlık Karşısı Havuz - panoramio

    Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Education in Buca, Izmir.

  • Key Museum 1

    Key Museum in Izmir has a collection of 130 automobiles and 40 motorcycles. It is the largest car museum in Turkey.

  • Adnan Menderes Airport International Terminal

    Adnan Menderes International Airport is the main airport in İzmir.

  • TR Izmir asv2020-02 img19 Alsancak Station

    Alsancak railway station (1858) in İzmir was opened as the terminus of the İzmir–Aydın line, the oldest railway line in Turkey and the second-oldest railway line in the Ottoman Empire after the Cairo–Alexandria line (1856) in the Ottoman Eyalet of Egypt.

  • TR Izmir asv2020-02 img01 Basmane Station

    Basmane railway station (1866)

  • Konak-Karşıyaka vapuru

    İzmir Municipality's urban ferry services in the Gulf of İzmir

  • Poligon metro

    İzmir Metro has around 173,000 daily passengers.

  • TR Izmir asv2020-02 img43 Bayraklı station

    İZBAN commuter train at Bayraklı

  • TR Izmir asv2020-02 img40 Alaybey tram stop

    A Karşıyaka Tram at Alaybey

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