İzmir Province
Smyrna Agora documents reveal clues about İzmir quakes
The finds in Smyrna Agora, known as the largest ancient-period agora in a city center, have revealed information about the previous earthquakes in İzmir.
Tile workshop found in 2000-year-old Roman theater in İznik
Archaeologists in Turkey have found for the first time a tile workshop dating back to the Early Ottoman period, during excavations at the 2,000-year-old ancient Roman theater in northwestern Turkey.
Exclusive lodges found in Turkey’s ‘Colosseum’
Private lodges built for the elite-class people to watch gladiator or wild animal fights shows have been unearthed in the 1800-year-old amphitheater in the ancient city of Bergama (Pergamon).
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Scientists search for traces of attacks that destroyed Smyrna
Archaeological excavations are being carried out at Bayraklı Mound (Old Smyrna), which has a history of nearly 5,000 years, to search for traces of wars and other disasters in the city that bore a strategic position at the time.
Important finds have been unearthed in the archaeological excavations that started in 1948 and continued at intervals in the mound in the Bayraklı district.
Turkey rescues 172 asylum seekers in Aegean Sea
The Turkish Coast Guard rescued a total of 172 asylum seekers off İzmir province since Aug. 30.
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On Aug. 29, 72 asylum seekers were rescued near Menderes district in İzmir after being pushed back by Greek coastal authorities.
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Nightclub bodyguards kill 33-year-old man in Alaçatı
Alaçatı, a tourism hotspot in the Aegean province of İzmir, has once again come to the country's agenda, but this time not for its magnificent beaches to promote tourism but for a series of events publicly called "bodyguard terror" that has shadowed the neighborhood for almost a year now.
In the recent chain of events, two bodyguards of a nightclub killed a 33-year-old man.
Religious sites, Cybele figurines discovered in Bergama
In the excavations carried out in and around the ancient city of Bergama, eight new religious sites and many figurines, which date back 2,200 years and are believed to have been used to worship the Anatolian goddess Cybele, have been unearthed.
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Historic Ephesus sites attract millions
The famed ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey's picturesque Aegean region attracts millions of tourists and history buffs every year. Ephesus was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2015.
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Over 100 asylum seekers held on Turkey's Aegean coast
One hundred asylum seekers were held in the town of Çeşme in Turkey's Aegean province of Izmir, Turkish officials said on Aug. 9.
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According to a statement from the Turkish Coast Guard Command, a sail boat was stopped off the coast of Alaçatı in Çeşme.
Death toll in bus crashes in western Turkey rises to 23
At least 23 people were killed and 28 others injured in two separate accidents on Aug. 8 in western Turkey involving
passenger buses, officials said.
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Eight people died and 11 others were injured in Izmir province when a passenger bus veered off an embankment and plunged to the ground in Kemalpaşa district, Izmir Governor Yavuz Selim Köşger said on Twitter.