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İzmir in 16th Century
The Turkish sailor and Admiral Piri Reis gave a detailed account of the Bay of İzmir at the beginning of 16th century. In his famous “Kitab-ı Bahriye” (The Book of Navigation) which he wrote together with an accompanying Atlas in the year 1526, Piri Reis relays sound knowledge of the coasts, islands [...]
İzmir in the XIXth Century
In this century İzmir was to witness great and fundamental changes regarding issues such as the functioning of commerce, transportation, public works, industry, agriculture, mining, population and city development. The “Levant Company” which played a great part in the successful monopoly of the English as a powerful trade colony in İzmir [...]
Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages in Eskişehir
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 165
Urban Sites: 1
Natural Sites: 10
Historical Sites: -
Other Sites
Archaeological and Natural Sites: 20
Archaeological and Historical Sites: 1
Historical and Urban Sites: 1
Archaeological and Urban: 1
Total: 199 Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 473
TOTAL: 672
Period of Cüneyd Bey in İzmir
Cüneyd Bey, the grandson of the founder of the Aydınoğlu Dynasty, is an interesting figure of the respective period. Following the death of his brother and governor of İzmir, Musa Bey in 1403, Cüneyd Bey became engaged in a power struggle for the Princedom with his opponent Umur II. His [...]
Culture and Art in İzmir
We know that the human being which is a social creature has established different kinds of settlements in different regions of the world since time immemorial. Arguably, the most important of these are the cities.
The subject of the characteristics that are necessary for a settlement to be considered a city is [...]
Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages in Hatay
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 113
Urban Sites: 1
Natural Sites: 4
Historical Sites: 1
Other Sites
Archaeological and Natural Sites: 1
Historical and Natural Sites: 1
Total: 121 Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 447
TOTAL: 568
Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages in Isparta
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 79
Urban Sites: 1
Natural Sites: 4
Historical Sites: 1
Total: 85
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Smyrna in Ancient Times
Our knowledge of Smyrna is based on the fables of some ancient writers rather than on scientific data. For example in one of these stories, it is claimed that the city was founded by Tantalos, the mythic king of Phrygia, whereas in another this area is claimed to be inhabited by Lelegs. [...]
İzmir in the 17th Century
Sources related to İzmir give us more information compared to the previous century. Primarily, the migration of merchants from the isle of Chios (Sakız) and from other locations, as well as the transfer of the French, English, Venetian and Dutch consulates to İzmir up to 1621 point out the growing importance [...]
Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages in Hakkari
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 2
Urban Sites: -
Natural Sites: -
Historical Sites: -
Total: 2
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural
Heritages: 22
TOTAL: 24
İzmir in the 18th Century
In this century İzmir became the marketplace with the most potential among the harbours and trade centres of the East Mediterranean. İzmir became a place of competition between the mercantilist States of Europe, such as England, France and Holland and a great market where the raw materials of the east were [...]