“The Opposite Shore” Old name: Cordelio Every day cruise ships dock in İzmir’s Alsancak Harbour and disgorge hundreds of tourists intent on getting…
The original Smyrna The oldest settlement of the İzmir area was around Yeşilören, near Bornova. After that a walled town seems to have…
Great city that died Population: 197,300 (Torbalı) At Metropolis, south of İzmir in…
Turkey’s third largest city İzmir is actually a lot more interesting than might appear at first glance so it’s a shame that it…
“Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the Asansör?” I had just emerged from İzmir’s Üçyol Metro station which was, according…
It’s a bitingly cold evening in İzmir which comes as something of a shock to me who had always imagined its climate to…
If you’re a visitor, there are many good things to be said about the new İzmir İzban Metro which has made getting about…
“Go to Bayraklı on the Metro,” the archaeologist at the Altınpark Achaeological Park in Basmane had said to me. “I live there so…
Returning to İzmir after several years’ absence I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Would Anafartalar Caddesi, that olde-worlde thoroughfare that runs east…
I always forget that you can get across the Sea of Marmara from İstanbul on the ferry from Eskihisar to Topçular. I suppose…