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- Visiting Yalvaç Pisidia Antiocheia Antic Ruin place,
- Making picnic at the shores of lakes and taking photographs at Kovada National Park,
- Eating Sazan dolması (çapak) (Stuffed Crap) by the view of lake at Eğirdir county,
- Buying rose oil and rug from Isparta,
- Seeing Intern
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Beaches
The province of Izmir has a large size coastline on the Aegean, with beaches and areas for watersports easily accessible from the city by private or public transport from Uckuyular bus station. Good beaches include Pamucak, Urla, Gulbahce, Cesme, Altinkum, Foca and Dikili.
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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 and harbours of the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. He drew a detailed map of the Bay of İzmir which has provided us with much valuable information. On the map of the bay The Old Fortress, The New Fortress, The Inner Harbour, Halkapınar and Naldöken...
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The province of Kahramanmaraş is located inside the borders of Eastern Anatolia Region. The province is famous with its peculiar ice cream. Kahramanmaraş has an important tourism potential with its caves, Külliye of Eshab-i Keyf and its plateaus.
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The local traditional souvenirs of Kahramanmaraş province could be counted as furniture crafted with the wood carving technique, forge embroidered copper objects, silver and gilt threaded works, traditional shoes and boots made from leather called yemeni. We also recommend you to buy famous Kahramanmaraş hot pepper, tarhana (soup with dried yogurt), peanut paste, flour sausage, sausage of dried fruit pulp and hand made copper crafts while your shopping in Kahramanmaraş.
You can do your shopping from the big Kapalı Shopping Center from the Ottoman period, Mazmanlar Shopping Center, Demirciler (Ironsmith) Shopping Center, Bakırcılar (Copper artisans) Shopping Center, Underground Shopping...
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Visiting Third founder and second Pir of Hacı Bektaş Dervish Convent,
Hacı Bektaş - ı Veli Dervish Convent and Tomb as well as Balım Sultan Tomb,
Buying souvenirs.
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Visiting Arykanda and Lmyra Ancient Cities.
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Art, Culture and Amusement
For many years Izmir has enjoyed its reputation as a cosmopolitan city of culture. The Ataturk Cultural Centre hosts weekend concerts by the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra, and the Izmir State Opera and Ballet perform in an Ottoman art deco building on Milli Kutuphane Caddesi. During the summer there are events at the open-air theatre in the Kulturpark, and mid-June sees the month-long International Izmir festival with many events also in Cesme and Selcuk. The International Film Festival takes place every April, with foreign films shown in original language with subtitles.
Regular nightlife includes a host of...
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The Poet Homeros and the Meles River
Although Homer never mentioned the city in his legends, all through ancient time, Smyrna, like any other city during that time, claimed Homer’s citizenship to the city and built an altar, and respected him to the point of worship. The arguments Smyrnians put forward on the subject of where Homer was born are far more realistic than the claims put forward by other cities.
The Meles River running through Smyrna is often mentioned both in myths about the establishment of İzmir and the myths about Homer. There are illustrations of the Meles River, in...
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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 until the beginning of the 18th century and was firmly backed by the Crown, was liquidated in 1825. After this, English citizens such as the powerful families Giraud, Whitall, Camaud and La Fontaine became the dominant forces in the commercial activities of the city.
On...
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