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Kadifekale (literally "the velvet castle" in Turkish) is a hilltop castle in İzmir, Turkey. The castle is located on the Mount Pagos (Greek: Πάγος, Pagus under the Roman Empire) which has an elevation of 186 metres. It was built in the 3rd century BC. [1]
Seferihisar is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 375 km 2, [3] and its population is 60,914 (2024). [4] Seferihisar district area borders on other İzmir districts of Urla to the west and Menderes to the east, and touches İzmir's westernmost metropolitan district of Güzelbahçe in the north.
The Turkish owner of the building, Aydın Doğan, who pays The Trump Organization for the right to use their brand name, was reported in December 2015 to be exploring legal means to dissociate the property, following U.S. presidential candidate Trump's call to "temporarily ban Muslims from specific countries from entering the United States".
Foça is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 251 km 2, [3] and its population is 34,946 (2022). [1] The town of Foça is situated at about 69 km (43 mi) northwest of İzmir's city center on the Aegean coast.
İzmir had a coach bus terminal in Basmane, then moved to Halkapınar in 1975. [5] İzmir Metropolitan Municipality initiated a project tender to build a new coach bus terminal; Merih Karaaslan and İlker Aksu's project won tender. [2] İZOTAŞ signed a BOT contract with municipality in September 1996, and initiated a tender for build. [3]
İzmir was a primary trade city during the 19th century and still is today. The main industry of the area was agriculture. However it took caravans days to transport the goods from the fields to the port. So, the Ottoman Empire gave a concession to a British company to build a railway from Aydın to İzmir, on 22 September 1856. [2]
The Izmir Archaeological Museum (Turkish: İzmir Arkeoloji Müzesi) is an archeology museum in İzmir, Turkey, containing a number of artifacts from around the Gulf of İzmir. Most of the artifacts, which include busts, statues, statuettes, tools, and various eating and cooking utensils, come from the Bronze Age, or from the Greek and Roman periods
Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. ' Holy Wisdom '), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi; Greek: Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Αγίας Σοφίας), is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.