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22 unusual facts about İzmir


Aydın Province

The very name by which the fruit was called in the world markets was "Smyrna figs" until recently, due to the preponderance of figs exported from İzmir over other species of the genus.

Direc-t

In addition, Direc-t performed in many bars in Istanbul such as Line, Kemancı, Life Bar, Bronx, Gitar Bar, Vox, Yeni Melek Gösteri Merkezi ("Yeni Melek Show Center"), Stüdyo Live and also in other cities such as Ooze Bar (İzmir), Saklıkent (Ankara), Bar Fly (Ankara) and Doors (Eskişehir).

Fredrik Hasselqvist

With a sufficient subscription having been obtained to defray expenses, he reached Smyrna towards the end of 1749.

Görece

Görece is a village in the Menderes district of Izmir Province, Turkey.

Izmir-Eğirdir railway

New branches were built of the railway to reach important towns such as Isparta and Burdur and service increased over the years.

The ORC was granted another concession to extend the railway to Denizli in 1881.

The ORC opened the first section of the line, between Alsancak and Gaziemir and Seyiköy in 1858, thus becoming the first railway in Turkey.

John Burgon

Burgon was born at Smyrna, the son of an English merchant trading in Turkey who was also a skilled numismatist and afterwards became an assistant in the antiquities department of the British Museum.

Kavaklıdere

Kavaklıdere, İzmir, a village in Bornova district of İzmir Province, Turkey

Kıbrıs Sehitleri Caddesi

It is located in the Konak district in the heart of the city and extends from the intersection of Talatpaşa Bulvarı and Ali Çetinkaya Bulvarı up to the Kordon near Gündoğdu Square.

Küçükmenderes River

Küçük Menderes, "Little Meander"), Cayster River or Kaystros River is located south of İzmir, Turkey.

The Cayster generally flows westward and arrive into the Aegean Sea at Pamucak beach near Selçuk, İzmir.

Masahiko Inoha

When he was at the university, he was a member of the Japan team that won the 23rd Universiade football competition hosted by İzmir, Turkey.

Mehmet Culum

Before starting an antique shop in his hometown, Culum worked as an IT consultant for some time in İzmir.

Metin Erksan

At the 1st İzmir International Fair Film Festival of 1965, he won the award for Best Directing for the film Suçlular Aramızda (The guilty is among us).

Polemon of Laodicea

He was born in Laodicea on the Lycus in Phrygia (modern Turkey), however, he spent a great part of his life in Smyrna (modern İzmir, Turkey).

Reyhan Arabacıoğlu

He started weighlifting in İzmir, where he is a member of the weightlifting team of İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü.

Steven John Lalas

He also served at posts in İzmir (where he was allegedly recruited by the Greeks), Belgrade, Istanbul, and Taiwan.

The Campden Wonder

He was transferred to a Turkish ship and sold into slavery near Smyrna in Anatolia (Turkey).

Turkish Air Force Academy

On September 17, 1954, the Air Force Academy was moved to İzmir due to the inadequacies in Eskişehir.

Üsküdar American Academy

Today the school, like the affiliated American schools in İzmir and Tarsus, as well as the American Hospital in Gaziantep, is under the governance of the Health and Education Foundation, which carries full responsibility and authority for operating the school.

Wilhelm Souchon

Almost simultaneously British naval units attacked Turkish merchant ships off İzmir.


9th of September Express

In the 1980s the İzmir Blue Train was added making 3 daily trains between İzmir and Ankara.

Aliağa Petkim

Aliağa Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü, known as Aliağa Petkim for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team from the district of Aliağa in İzmir, Turkey.

Balık Sisters

The twins were educated in the State Conservatory of Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir, and then attended the master classes of Lia Lantieri (1998), Katia Ricciarelli (2000), Dolora Zajick (2000–2003) and Plácido Domingo (2003–2004).

Bektashi Order

Bektashis continue to be active in Turkey and their semi-clandestine organizations can be found in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.

Cemil Şeboy

Cemil Şeboy (born 1953 in Buca, İzmir Turkey) is the former mayor of Buca District of İzmir Province, Turkey.

Cornelius Haga

Haga laid the foundations of diplomatic relations and he erected numerous consular posts at the most important ports and trade-centra in the Ottoman Empire; Patras, Thessaloniki, Athene, Gallipoli, Izmir, Aleppo, Sido, Dairo, Tunis and Algiers.

Crowne Plaza İzmir

It is the third tallest building in Izmir after the Heris Tower, and the Hilton Izmir.

Cüneyt Bey of Aydın

But when his son was captured by the Ottomans, he retreated to Ìpsili, today Doğanbey, a town in İzmir Province.

Diana Bellessi

In March 2008, she participated in the Fourth International Festival of Izmir, dedicated to Latin America, with Sergio Badilla Castillo, María Baranda, Rei Berroa, Rafael Courtoisie, Pablo Armando Fernández, and Margarita Laso.

Elections for Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey

The number of metropolitan centers was three in 1984 (Ankara, İstanbul and İzmir) and eight in 1989 (with Adana, Bursa, Gaziantep, Kayseri and Konya).

Epiphone

Epiphone started in 1873, in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (now İzmir, Turkey), where Greek founder Anastasios Stathopoulos made his own fiddles and lutes (oud, laouto).

Foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey

The particular case of Hatay put apart, as of 1 June 2006, Antalya Province was in the lead in the number of foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey with 5566 lots sold, provinces of Aydın (3998), Muğla (3035), İstanbul (1463) and İzmir (722) occupying the following places.

Gaziemir

It is one of the metropolitan districts of Greater İzmir and is situated to the south of central İzmir (Konak) on the road to İzmir.

Görece

Today, the real eye beads are produced only in Görece and Kurudere(Kemalpaşa) villages near Izmir, by a handful of craftsmen that have devoted their lives to this art.

Haim Farhi

Dhaher al-Omar actively encouraged Jewish resettlement and personally invited Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia of İzmir to settle in the Galilee.

Halil Zıraman

He graduated from the Agricultural Machinery Vocational College in Ankara following his education at the Agriculture Vocational High School in Bornova, İzmir.

Hürriyet

Hürriyet has regional offices in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya and Trabzon, as well as a news network comprising 52 offices and 600 reporters in Turkey and abroad, all affiliated with Doğan News Agency, which primarily serves newspapers and television channels that are under the management of Doğan Media Group (Doğan Yayın Holding).

İncirliova

The Karapınar area really developed with the building of the İzmir-Aydın railway, founded by a British company to ensure a new source of cotton during the world shortage caused by the American Civil War.

İş Bank commercial featuring Atatürk

To find a suitable location for the take representing the features of the era, three separate teams searched İstanbul, Edirne, Bursa, İzmir and Antalya.

Ivan Vedar

He studied in a college in Malta, where he picked up many languages, he worked as a sailor on an English ship, travelling between London and Melbourne, he was an interpreter in Turkish institutions in Tsarigrad, he taught languages in İzmir to the sons of Turkish notables (including Midhat Pasha).

İzmir Institute of Technology

Connection to the airport, seaport, and to the organised industrial districts is provided by the İzmir-Çeşme Highway.

Jamshid Momtaz

Jamshid (or Djamchid) Momtaz (born June 18, 1942 in Izmir) earned his degree in public law at the Faculty of Law and Economy from University of Paris (1966).

Karataş, Izmir

According to an 1856 British report presented to the Secretary of State for War, they numbered as many as 17,000 in İzmir at the time, and owing to the comparative liberty and immunity from oppression they enjoyed, their numbers were rapidly increasing.

Kaytazzade Mehmet Nazım

In 1884, Nazım worked as an Ottoman official in the public service of the Ottoman Empire in Chios, Adana, Istanbul, Izmir, and Bursa.

Konak

Konak Square, a busy square in Konak district of Izmir, Turkey

Konya Blue Train

The inaugural train will depart Alsancak Terminal in İzmir at 8:00pm (EEST) after an opening ceremony which the minister of transport, Binali Yıldırım will attend.

Menemen

Drinking water obtained from sources at Mount Yamanlar south of Menemen, and sold under brand names associated with the mountain are also very popular across İzmir region as a whole.

Novica Veličković

Veličković was a member of the U20 Serbian national teams in 2005 and 2006 in Chekhov and İzmir respectively.

Rail transport in İzmir

The ORC also built a tramway from Alsancak station along the Kordon to district of Konak in İzmir.

Roy Guest

Born in Izmir, Turkey, Guest came to prominence in the 1960s as a promoter with Harold Davison, and with Brian Epstein's NEMS enterprises.

SunExpress

With this launch, SunExpress became the first airline company to connect İzmir with Anatolian cities with direct flights in Turkey.

Süper Lig

The top clubs from Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir competed in the 1959 Milli Lig.

Turkish carpet

Well known weaving cities, towns, and districts include (but are not limited to): Uşak, Bergama, Milas, Hereke, Konya, Nevşehir, Nigde, Antalya, Çanakkale, Kars, Kayseri, Malatya, Siirt, Taşpınar, Sivas, Yahyali, Izmir, Gaziantep Manisa, Ladik and the Van Province.

Vladislav Polyakov

Two weeks later, at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir, Turkey, Polyakov earned a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at 2:12.69, just 0.34 seconds off a leading time set by Poland's Sławomir Kuczko.