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3. İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Building

4. HISTORY OF İZMİR

5. The 5,000 year-old city
Izmir is one of the
oldest cities of the
Mediterranean basin.
The original city was
established in the third
millennium BC (at
present day Bayraklı).

6. Greeks also lived here
about 1000 BC. In the
first millennium BC
Izmir, then known as
Smyrna, got bigger as
one of the most
important cities of the
Ionian Federation.
During this period, it is
believed that the poet
Homer lived here.

7. Lydian conquest of the
city around 600 BC
ended this golden age.
Smyrna was little more
than a village during the
Lydian and next sixth
century BC Persian rule.
In the fourth century BC
a new city was built
during the period of
Alexander the Great.
Smyrna's Roman period,
beginning in the first
century BC, was its
second great century.

8. In the first century
AD, Smyrna became one of
the earliest centers of
Christianity and it was one
of the Seven Churches of
Revelation.

9. Byzantine rule came in the
fourth century and lasted
until the Seljuk conquest
in 11th century. In
1415, under Sultan
Mehmed Çelebi, Smyrna
became part of the
Ottoman Empire.

10. The city earned its fame as
one of the most important
port cities of the world
during the 17th to 19th
centuries. The most of its
population were Greek but
Greek, French, Italian, Dutc
h, Armenian, Sephardi and
Jewish people moved to
the city into a
cosmopolitan center of
trade.

11. Today, Izmir is widely
regarded as the most
Westernized city of
Turkey as to
values, ideology, gender
roles, and lifestyles.

13. IT IS AN IMPORTANT DISTRICT OF
THE CITY. THERE ARE MANY
CAFES , RESTAURANTS , CLUBS,
STORES OF FAMOUS BRANDS IN
ALSANCAK .

14. İZMİR INTERNATIONAL FAIR..

15. İZMİR’S NAME

16. PHOTOS OF OLD İZMİR..
CLOCK TOWER PASAPORT

18. VARYANT KADİFEKALE

19. KONAK SQUARE IN 1960s

20. IZMIR’S HISTORICAL
SITES

21. Clock Tower is the symbol
of Izmir.
It was build in Konak
Square in 1901.
Konak Square is one of the
most popular meeting
points in İzmir .

22. An Elevator from 19th
century .
It is 51 metres high.
Restored in 1993 .
On the top , there is a cafe
and a restaurant .

23. The House Of Virgin Mary.
People believe that Virgin Mary
spent her last days here .
Christians visit this house and
pray to become “a pilgrim “

24. It was an ancient Greek city.
It was a spa center in
Hellenistic times .

25. Ephesus was an important
port , trade and religious
center in Roman and
Byzantine times .

28. The ancient city, Agora

31. It’s located between Konak Square and Alsancak .

32. It becomes one of the most crowded
places of the weekends especially
young people prefer to go there
because there are bars and some
places for shopping

36. ILICA BEACH..

50. TARHANA SOUP IZMIR MEATBALLS

51. KESKEK ZERDE

52. MUCVER LOKMA

53. BOYOZ..

54. OLIVE OIL KUMRU

55. IZMIR’S FOLK DANCE

57. MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK
Zeybek dance