TRT Belgesel (TRT Documentary) is a Turkish national TV channel broadcasting from the TRT building in Izmir. Hi. Der lydische König Alyattes zerstörte (Alt-)Smyrna um 600 v. Chr. These new developments, typical of the industrial age and the way the city attracted merchants and middlemen gradually changed the demographic structure of the city, its culture and its Ottoman character. In der Burg verkaufen Frauen gewebte Tücher, Teppiche und typische Souvenirs. The rest of the precipitation generally falls during April through May and September through October. In the late 19th century, the port was threatened by a build-up of silt in the gulf and an initiative, unique in the history of the Ottoman Empire, was undertaken in 1886. Entlang dem Kordon sitzen die Einheimische von Izmir gerne im Park, auch einmal mit einem Bier. Level 2 bears traces of early to mid-Chalcolithic, and Level 3 of Neolithic settlements. Alexander the Great re-founded the city at a new location beyond the Meles River around 340 BC. The İzmir European Jazz Festival is among the numerous events organized every year by the İKSEV (İzmir Foundation for Culture, Arts and Education) since 1994. Izmir besitzt den zweitgrößten Hafen der Türkei. The war, and especially the events that took place in İzmir, such as the fire, probably the greatest disaster the city has ever experienced, continue to influence the psyches of the two nations to this day. Pergamon kennst du vielleicht auch vom Namen Pergamentpapier oder dem Pergamon Museum auf der Museumsinsel in Berlin. Die osmanische Politik gegenüber Smyrna änderte sich 1909 mit der Machtübernahme der Jungtürken und des Komitees für Einheit und Fortschritt. 1317 griff Mehmed, der Bey der Aydınoğulları, Smyrna an und konnte den landeinwärts gelegenen Burghügel (Pagos, die hellenistische Akropolis, heute Kadifekale genannt) einnehmen. Greece 1919–1922. Neben den zahlreichen historischen Stätten besitzt Izmir in der näheren Umgebung die berühmten Badeorte Çeşme und Kuşadası, welche mittlerweile bequem per Autobahn zu erreichen sind. Timurid Empire 1402–1405 Smyrna geboren: Dieser Artikel behandelt die Stadt Izmir, zur gleichnamigen Provinz siehe. In der Innenstadt von Izmir solltest du auf jeden Fall den Kemeralti Basar, den Uhrturm und die Promenade (Kordon) besuchen. Izmir, früher lateinisch als Smyrna bekannt (türkisch İzmir, griechisch Σμύρνη .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Smýrni, altgriech. The Turks first captured Smyrna under the Seljuk commander Çaka Bey in 1076, along with Klazomenai, Foça and a number of the Aegean Islands. Smyrna gehörte ab 395 zum Byzantinischen Reich und war als Handelsplatz und Flottenstützpunkt wichtig. [79], İzmir is also home to the third U.S. Space Camp in the world, Space Camp Turkey. Zu einer ersten Blüte gelangte (Alt-)Smyrna, das als eine der Wirkungsstätten des Dichters Homer gilt, im 8.–7. Du findest in der Stadt praktisch alles, meist zu einem günstigeren Preis als in Deutschland. Die vier Turmuhren sind ein Geschenk des deutschen Kaiser Wilhelm II zum 25-jährigen Thronjubiläum von Sultan Abdülhamid 1901. Zum Park gehören Palmen Alleen, Blumenbeete, Radwege, Wiesen, ein See mit Tretbooten, Bühnen, ein Luna Park (kleiner Vergnügungspark für Kinder) und Cafés. [18], The city is one of the oldest settlements of the Mediterranean basin. [89], The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in İzmir, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 62 min, and 13% of public transit riders ride for more than 2 hours every day. Wein: besonders gute Weingüter stehen in Urla. The province is split into two electoral districts which roughly divide the city into a northern and southern district, each electing 14 MPs. Chr. Die Türken griffen lediglich lateinische (d. h. katholische) Besitzungen an, da Umur 1335 mit dem byzantinischen Regenten Johannes Kantakuzenos ein Bündnis geschlossen hatte.[5]. A River Meles, still bearing the same name, is located within the city limits, although associations with the Homeric river is subject to controversy. For many inhabitants, this was as serious as the 1922 fire. [7] Von diesem Zeitpunkt an blieb die Stadt bis ins 20. [36] The wide arc of the Smyrna-Cassaba line advancing in a wide arc to the north-west from İzmir, through the Karşıyaka suburb, contributed greatly to the development of the northern shores as urban areas. [28][citation needed]. The current Mayor of the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality is Tunç Soyer from the Republican People's Party (CHP), in office since 2019. In Eski Foca siehst du die Ruinen einer genuesischen Burg, den Hafen mit Fischerbooten, Restaurants, Cafés, ein 2.400 Jahre altes persisches Grab und die Sirenen Inseln, die Homer in seiner Geschichte von Odysseus erwähnte. In 1867, İzmir finally became the center of its own vilayet, still called by neighboring Aydın's name but with its own administrative area covering a large part of Turkey's present-day Aegean Region. İzmir is also home to Turkey's second largest Jewish community after Istanbul, numbering about 2,500. The "İzmir Metro" network, currently consisting of one main line, starts from the Fahrettin Altay station in Balçova in the western portion of the metropolitan area and runs northeast through the city to Bornova. Der Anschluss Izmirs an das Netz der Schnellfahrstrecken der türkischen Staatsbahn (TCDD) in Richtung Ankara ist geplant. ESHOT operates 322 lines with about 1,500 buses and a staff of 2,700. The acronym stands for "E elektrik (electricity); S su (water); H havagazı (gas); O otobüs (bus) and T troleybüs (trolleybus)." One of the more pronounced elements of İzmir's harbor is the Clock Tower, a marble tower in the middle of the Konak district, standing 25 m (82 ft) in height. Ende November 2018 wurde bekanntgegeben, dass die 624 km lange Hochgeschwindigkeitsstrecke Ankara-Izmir bis zum ersten Halbjahr 2021 in Betrieb gehen soll.[19]. The İzmir Bird Paradise (Kuş Cenneti) in Çiğli, a bird sanctuary near Karşıyaka, has recorded 205 species of birds, including 63 species that are resident year-round, 54 species of summer migratory birds, 43 species of winter migratory birds, and 30 transient species. Diese Gemeinde ist eine der sieben Gemeinden der Offenbarung des Johannes. Oktober 2005 verschiedene Beben mit Stärken von 5,6 bis 5,9, bei denen mindestens 30 Menschen verletzt wurden und Sachschäden entstanden. There are a total of nine active universities in and near İzmir. There is usually very little to no rainfall from June through August. Eine der Strecken bindet auch den Flughafen an. Izmir's port is Turkey's primary port for exports in terms of the freight handled and its free zone, a Turkish-U.S. joint-venture established in 1990, is the leader among the twenty in Turkey. The most important sanctuary of Old Smyrna was the Temple of Athena, which dates back to 640–580 BC and is partially restored today. Zu den schönsten Orten auf der Cesme Halbinsel gehört: Alacati ist das bunte Instagram Dorf mit süßen Cafés, türkischen Boutiquen und hippen Restaurants. University of İzmir – Founded in 2007, closed in 2016. Erste Siedlungen auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Izmir datieren ca. Der Anteil der griechischen Bevölkerung stieg rasant an. Smyrna war in der Seldschuken-Zeit und im Osmanischen Reich der wichtigste Handelsplatz Kleinasiens. beherbergte die Stadt Gaius Trebonius, einen der Mörder von Julius Caesar. Die Burg ist zusammen mit dem Asansör der schönste Aussichtspunkt auf die Stadt. 1860 eröffnete die Ottoman Railway Company von Izmir ausgehend die erste Eisenbahnstrecke im asiatischen Teil des Osmanischen Reiches. Sancakkale is situated in the present-day İnciraltı quarter between the Balçova and Narlıdere districts, on the southern shore of the Gulf of İzmir. Der Hafen diente außerdem zur Zeit des Kalten Krieges als größte NATO-Marinebasis der Türkei. Mehr zu Cesme schreibe ich noch in einem eigenen Beitrag. The period after the 1960s and the 1970s saw another blow to the fabric of İzmir, when local administrations tended to neglect İzmir's traditional values and landmarks. The Levantines of İzmir, who are mostly of Genoese and to a lesser degree of French and Venetian descent, live mainly in the districts of Bornova and Buca. Today, it is not surprising that many inhabitants of İzmir (similar to residents of other prominent Turkish cities) look back with nostalgia to a cozier, more manageable city, which came to an end in the last few decades. Die Ruinen stehen hoch über dem heutigen Bergama, mit einem gewaltigen Theater, Festungsmauern Tempeln. [citation needed]. According to the 1893 Ottoman census, more than half of the population was Turkish, with 133,800 Greeks, 9,200 Armenians, 17,200 Jews, and 54,600 foreign nationals. Izmir ist die grünste Großstadt in der Türkei. Als er 1092 von seinem Schwiegersohn und Nachfolger Suleimans, Sultan Kılıç Arslan I., getötet wurde, holten sich die Byzantiner unter Kaiser Alexios I. Smyrna zurück. Therefore, the slopes of Mount Pagos (Kadifekale) was chosen for the foundation of the new city, for which Alexander is credited, and this act laid the ground for a resurgence in the city's population. In early AD 124, Emperor Hadrian visited Smyrna on his journeys across the Empire[24] and possibly Caracalla came in 214–215. Hier teile ich meine Reisetipps, Erfahrungen und Erlebnisse aus der Türkei. Marinas haben auch alle anderen Küstenorte in der Provinz. Jahrhundert osmanischer Besitz. Oktay became the first notable Turkish footballer to play abroad, with Palermo in Italy's Serie A, during the 1961–1962 season. Relativ hohe Temperaturen bestimmen die Sommermonate. Im Vergleich zu vielen anderen Badeorten der Türkei lebt in Kusadasi auch die Innenstadt mit Restaurants, Cafes und Bars. The annual International İzmir Festival, which begins in mid-June and continues until mid-July, has been organized since 1987. Known to be the oldest house having so many rooms under its roof, it was built in the second half of the 7th century BC. İzmir has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa), which is characterized by long, hot, and dry summers, and mild to cool, rainy winters. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 15 min, while 27% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. Others include the Pallache family with three grand rabbis: Haim, Abraham, and Nissim. lll Jetzt günstige Izmir-Flüge finden, vergleichen & online buchen Billige Flüge von Deutschland nach Izmir Kostenlose Expertenberatung per ☎ oder täglich von 08 - 18 Uhr Volle Preistransparenz Keine versteckten Kosten Serious consideration is also being given to uncovering the ancient theatre of Smyrna where St. Polycarp was martyred, buried under an urban zone on the slopes of Kadifekale. Dazu gehören kleine türkische Dörfer mit Stränden, antike Ruinen und lebendige Märkte. Auf einem Teil der zerstörten Stadtteile wurde der Kulturpark mit dem Messegelände (mit 420.000 m² Grundfläche) errichtet. "U.S. Red Cross Feeding 400,000 Refugees", Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters, page 292, 2009, World University Games (Universiade) in 2005, population exchange between Greece and Turkey. The systematic evacuation of Greeks on the quay started on 24 September when the first Greek ships entered the harbor under the supervision of Allied destroyers. Findings from two seasons of excavations carried out in the Yeşilova Höyük by a team of archaeologists from İzmir's Ege University indicate three levels, two of which are prehistoric. Coordinated public transportation was introduced to İzmir in 1999. Izmir (sometimes İzmir) was adopted in English and most foreign languages after Turkey adopted the Latin alphabet in 1928 and urged other countries to use the city's Turkish name. It is at a key point where the strait allows entry into the innermost tip of the Gulf at its narrowest, and due to shallow waters through a large part of this strait, ships have sailed close to the castle.[59]. Alexander had defeated the Persians in several battles and finally the Emperor Darius III himself at Issus in 333 BC. More recently, the metropolitan area displays growth, especially along the western corridor, encouraged by the Çeşme motorway and extending to districts outside the city of İzmir proper, such as Seferihisar and Urla. The province as a whole is Turkey's third largest exporter after Istanbul and Bursa, and the fifth largest importer. Viele der Griechen emigrierten nach Athen, wo heute noch der Stadtteil Nea Smyrni („Neu-Smyrna“) an ihre Herkunft erinnert. Die Provinz beherbergt 4,6 % der landesweiten Landwirtschaft und 9 % der gesamten Industrie. Der biblische Verfasser der Offenbarung des Johannes schreibt dazu: „An den Engel der Gemeinde in Smyrna schreibe: So spricht Er, der Erste und der Letzte, der tot war und wieder lebendig wurde: Ich kenne deine Bedrängnis und deine Armut; und doch bist du reich. Lying on an advantageous location at the head of a gulf running down in a deep indentation, midway along the western Anatolian coast, it has been one of the principal mercantile cities of the Mediterranean Sea for much of its history. Cesme gehört zu den besten Reisezielen fürs Windsurfen am Mittelmeer. A 130 km (81 mi) İzmir-Aydın railway was started in 1856 and finished in 1867, a year later than the Smyrna-Cassaba Railway, itself started in 1863. Der jüdische Kaufmann Nesim Levi Bayraklioglu stiftete 1907 den Aufzug den Einwohnern von Izmir. There are nine synagogues in İzmir, concentrated either in the traditional Jewish quarter of Karataş or in Havra Sokak (Synagogue street) in Kemeraltı, and they all bear the signature of the 19th century when they were built or re-constructed in depth on the basis of former buildings. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. "Islands" referring to "the Aegean Islands"). Die Fußballvereine Izmirs sind in der Ultraszene über die Grenzen der Türkei hinweg bekannt. Die Timuriden standen Ende des Jahres vor Smyrna. Zuletzt ereigneten sich am 17. The upper city of İzmir was captured from its Aydinid rulers by the Ottomans for the first time in 1389 during the reign of Bayezid I, who led his armies toward the five Western Anatolian Beyliks in the winter of the same year he had come to the throne. Das ist aus dem Hafen von Cesme und Foca möglich. İzmir's remarkable growth began in the late 16th century when cotton and other products of the region brought French, English, Dutch and Venetian traders here. Efes: weil die Efes Pilsen Brauerei in Izmir ist. The Atatürk Mask (Turkish: Atatürk Maskı) is a large concrete relief of the head of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, located to the south of Kadifekale the historical castle of İzmir. İzmir has over 3000 years of recorded urban history and up to 8500 years of history as a human settlement since the Neolithic period. Der Eintritt in die Burg ist kostenlos. [20] In the 13th century BC, however, invasions from the Balkans (the so-called Sea Peoples) destroyed Troy VII, and Central and Western Anatolia as a whole fell into what is generally called the period of "Anatolian" and "Greek" Dark Ages of the Bronze Age collapse. İzmir (UK: / ˈ ɪ z m ɪər / IZ-meer, US: / ɪ z ˈ m ɪər / iz-MEER, Turkish: ), often spelled Izmir in English, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia.It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara, and the second largest urban agglomeration on the Aegean Sea after Athens, Greece.. Historically, İzmir is also the birthplace of two Greek sports clubs, namely the multi-sport club Panionios and association football club Apollon Smyrni F.C. Die Armenier hatten in Städten wie Marseille, Livorno und Amsterdam Handelskolonien, die alle Smyrna unterstanden. [citation needed] Archaeological findings of the late Bronze Age show a certain decree of Mycenaean influence in the settlement and the surrounding region, though further excavations of Bronze Age layers are needed to propose Old Smyrna of that time as a Mycenaean settlement. So lebten die muslimischen Türken im alten Stadtzentrum Kadifekale, die Juden in Güzelyalı und İkiçeşmelik, die Armenier im Haynots-Viertel, die Griechen zwischen İtfaiye und Alsancak (Mortakiya) und die restlichen Europäer (Franken oder auch Levantiner) in Bornova, Buca und Seydiköy. In der Stadt befinden sich heute vier Universitäten und eine Technische Hochschule/Universität. In order to redirect the silt, the bed of the Gediz River was redirected to its present-day northern course, so that it no longer flowed into the gulf. Im Bazar von „Kemeraltı“ finden Touristen nicht nur orientalische Kuriositäten, sondern auch jede Menge Goldschmuck. İzmir may have been a rather sparsely populated place in the 15th and 16th centuries, as indicated by the first extant Ottoman records describing the town and dating from 1528. Welche interessanten Orte gibt es in Izmir? This triggered fanatical Muslim groups to proceed to the massacre of c. 1,500 local Greeks. Der von Antigonos angelegte Hafen legte den Grundstein für Smyrnas Entwicklung zu einer der reichsten Handelsstädte Asiens. A large bus terminal, the Otogar in the Pınarbaşı neighborhood of the city, has intercity buses to destinations across Turkey. To the east and the north-east, urban development ends near the natural barriers constituted respectively by the Belkahve (Mount Nif) and Sabuncubeli (Mount Yamanlar-Mount Sipylus) passes. But the settlements both above Bornova, inside the metropolitan zone, and around Kemalpaşa and Ulucak, outside the metropolitan zone, see mass housing and secondary residences development. İzmir Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Sports Club's ice hockey team began playing in the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League during the 2011–2012 season. [21] The term "Old Smyrna" is used to describe the Archaic Period city located at Tepekule, Bayraklı, to make a distinction with the city of Smyrna rebuilt later on the slopes of Mount Pagos (present-day Kadifekale). Probiere dort auf jeden Fall auf Quarzsand gebrühter türkischer Kaffee, Wein und türkisches Eis (Dondurma). These scheduled services are supplemented by the privately owned minibus or dolmuş services. The majority of the citizens in İzmir have continued to vote for the centre-left political parties (in particular the CHP), despite large-scale pledges by the AKP promising investment and new infrastructure. [22] The oldest house discovered in Bayraklı has been dated to 925 and 900 BC. Der größte Park in der Stadt ist der Kültürpark, er steht im Zentrum des im Jahr 1922 abgebrannten Izmir. Die Einwohner wurden massakriert und die Stadt zerstört. Çaka Bey (known as Tzachas among the Byzantines) used İzmir as a base for his naval operations. eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'tuerkeireiseblog_de-leader-1','ezslot_7',134,'0','0'])); Die aus Thermalwasser geformten natürlichen Kalkterrassen in Pamukkale gehören zu den meistbesuchten Sehenswürdigkeiten in der Türkei. Die obere Burg hingegen blieb in der Hand der Türken. [40][41] Moreover, according to various scholars, prior to the war, the city hosted more Greeks than Athens, the capital of Greece. Knights Hospitaller 1204–1209 The city has attracted investors through its strategic location and its relatively new and highly developed technological infrastructure in transportation, telecommunications, and energy.[86][87]. Press Esc to cancel. Du siehst die gesamte Bucht, den Hafen, die Innenstadt, den Konak Pier, den Kulturpark und auf der anderen Seite des Hügels das Häusermeer von Izmir. In AD 178, the city was devastated by an earthquake. Given the importance of the city, Roman emperors who came to Anatolia also visited Smyrna. Cassius Dio war zeitweilig römischer Curator (Aufseher über die Stadtverwaltung) von Smyrna. İzmir's latest tram system is owned by the metropolitan municipality and operated by İzmir Metro A.Ş. 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Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 25. Dort findest du hauptsächlich Restaurants, Cafés und Läden mit typisch türkischen Produkten aus der Region. Schon früh etablierte sich eine christliche Gemeinde. Sie werden geliefert von Eurotem, einem Joint-Venture-Unternehmen von Hyundai Rotem und Tüvasaş. Die meisten Touristen kommen hierher, um Badeurlaub zu machen. Die neue Teilring-Autobahn Otoyol 30 (O30) entlastet die städtischen Straßen, jedoch konnte sie das in den letzten Jahren ständig gestiegene Verkehrsaufkommen nicht kompensieren. Knights Hospitaller and Beylik of Aydin 1344–1402 Die erfolgreichsten Mannschaften sind: Altay, Göztepe, Karşıyaka, İzmirspor, Altınordu und Bucaspor. Das Frühjahr und der Herbst sind angenehm temperiert und daher die besten Zeiten, der Stadt einen Besuch abzustatten. [citation needed] The oldest model of a multiple-roomed house of this period was found in Old Smyrna. Two other notable football figures from İzmir are Alpay Özalan and Mustafa Denizli, the first having played for Aston Villa F.C. Combined with written evidence, it is generally admitted that Smyrna and Chios put forth the strongest arguments in claiming Homer and the main belief is that he was born in Ionia. Der Adnan-Menderes-Flughafen befindet sich 18 Kilometer außerhalb der Stadt. Some would see in the city's name a reference to the name of an Amazon called Smyrna said to have seduced Theseus, leading him to name the city in her honor.