İzmir @ Travel Turkey

New London - İzmir route launched
Expanding its route network, the airline is giving holidaymakers easier access to Turkey's popular Aegean coast. Renowned for its beautiful coastal towns, the vibrant port city of İzmir is the hub of the western Aegean region ... March 31, 2011
http://www.iwantsun.co.uk/beach-holidays/2011/03/31/new-london-iz...

Azerbaijan Airlines Launched Direct flights to İzmir
Azerbaijan Airlines has launched direct flights between Turkey's Aegean city of İzmir and Azerbaijani capital of Baku. A ceremony took place last Friday at the International Terminal of Adnan Menderes Airport in İzmir on occasion of new direct flights ... March 21, 2011
http://ftnnews.com/news-from-turkey/11958-azerbaijan-airlines-lau...

Turkey's İzmir to host international puppet festival
İzmir Puppet Days, considered as the second biggest puppet festival of Europe, will feature 31 puppet theathers from 16 countries for 10 days. 120 shows in 30 separate locations around the city promises both the adults and children to open doors of a ... March 8, 2011 http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aT...

İzmir to host European jazz
The 18th İzmir European Jazz Festival, organized by the İzmir Foundation for Culture and Arts, or İKSEV, will take place from March 2 to 16. February 21, 2011 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=izmir-to-host...

Turkish man keeps 'historic' time for İzmir residents
Responsible for one of the most symbolic icons in the Aegean province of İzmir, Fethi Pamukoğlu has been repairing the historic clock tower in Konak Square for the past 17 years. February 7, 2011
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=the-man-who-controls-the...

Easyjet starts İzmir-London flights
EasyJet, Britain's biggest low-cost carrier, announced last week that it will launch flights between London and the Aegean city of İzmir in May. January 19, 2011 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n...

İzmir triennial looks to put city on artistic map
More than 100 pieces of art from 41 artists from around the world are being displayed at the Port İzmir 2010 - International Triennial of Contemporary Art. October 20, 2010 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=1018112645075-2010-10-18

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İzmir is inheritor of almost 3500 years of urban past, and possibly up to that much more in terms of advanced human settlement patterns. The city is one of the oldest settlements of the Mediterranean basin.

İzmir is characterized by long, hot summers and mild, rainy winters. The average maximum temperatures during the winter months vary between 12 and 14 °C. Although it's rare, snow has been recorded in İzmir in January and February. The summer months — June through September — bring average daytime temperatures of 28 °C or higher.

The city hosts an international arts festival during June/July, and İzmir International Fair, one among the city's many fair and exhibition events, is held in the beginning of September every year. It is served by national and international flights through Adnan Menderes Airport and there is a modern rapid transit line running Southwest to Northeast.

Izmir hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1971 and the World University Games (Universiade) in 2005. It has a running bid submitted to BIE to host the Universal Expo 2015, which will be voted in 2008. Modern Izmir also incorporates the nearby ancient cities like Ephesus, Pergamon, Sardis and Klazomenai, and centers of international tourism such as Kusadasi, Çesme and Foca.

The original city was established in the third millennium BC (at present day Bayraklı), at which time it shared with Troy the most advanced culture in Western Anatolia. By 1500 BC it had fallen under the influence of the Central Anatolian Hittite Empire. In the first millennium BC İzmir, then known as Smyrna, ranked as one of the most important cities of the Ionian Federation. During this period, one of the city's most brilliant, it is believed that Homer resided here. Lydian conquest of the the city, around 600 BC, brought this period to an end. İzmir remained little more than a village throughout the Lydian and subsequent sixth century BC Persian rule. In the fourth century BC a new city was built on the slopes of Mt. Pagos (Kadifekale) during the reign of Alexander the Great.

Tourism Information
Adnan Menderes Airport: 274 22 14 - 274 21 10
Provincial Director of Tourism 483 51 17 - 483 62 16

Emergency Telephones
Ambulance: 112 (All over Turkey)
Police: 155 (All over Turkey)
Fire: 110 (All over Turkey)
Gendarme: 156 (All over Turkey)
Coast Guard: 158 (All over Turkey)
Tourism Police: 527 45 03

İzmir Area Code: 232
International code for Turkey: 90
*For intercity calls within Turkey first dial "0" then the area code, and then the local number. For international calls first dial "00"

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