İzmir & the Peninsula
Harbours, vineyards, Ionia
A way of life from the bay to the peninsula's stone villages: the maritime memory of Smyrna, Teos, Klazomenai and Ephesus.
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Regional stories
Table and production narratives
- Opening of Anatolia's First Railway Line and Çamlık Aziziye Station (1856 CE)
- Naval Battle of Arginusae at Kalem and Garip Islands (406 BCE)
- From Balıkesir Cyzicus Eudoxus Navigation to İzmir Smyrna Quintus Epic and Colophon Hermesianax Elegiacs: Indian Ocean Navigation, Trojan War Epic, and Elegiac Love Poetry
- Construction of the Çakırağa Mansion and Decorative Frescoes at Birgi (1761)
- Progradation of the Büyük Menderes Delta and Silting of the Latmic Gulf (6th c. BCE — 6th c. CE)
- From Çamlık Steam Locomotives to Şirince Stone Houses and Virgin Mary House: 1856 Industrial Heritage, Greek Stone Houses, and Bülbüldağı Shrine
- From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island
- From Erythrai Athena Temple to Bademler Village Theater and Özbek Stone Pier: Sea Theaters, Village Stages, and Stone Piers
- Olives, Wine, and Prophecies of Ionia: The İzmir Peninsula from Klazomenai to Teos and Klaros
- From İzmir Epicurus' Teos Garden to Nysa Aristodemus Library and Miletus Hecataeus Map: Epicureanism, Roman Rhetoric, and World's First Map
- From İzmir Colophon Mimnermus Poetry to Teos Nausiphanes Philosophy and Knidos Chrysippus Medicine: Lyrical Poetry, Atomist Philosophy, and Experimental Dietetics
- Klazomenai Archaic Olive Oil Press and Industrial Production Revolution (6th c. BCE)
- Lydian Gold and the Royal Road: Sardis Coinage, Bin Tepe Pyramids, and Kula Volcanoes
- Meanders of the Maeander: Landlocked Cities from the Latmic Gulf to Lake Bafa
- From Metropolis Council to Belevi Mausoleum and Torbalı Aqueducts: Mother Goddess City, Royal Tombs, and Roman Aqueducts
- Freedom Battle of the Aegean on Mount Mycale: The Fall of the Persian Fleet and the Revival of Panionion
- From the Pentekonters of Phokaia to Çandarlı Castle: Eski Foça, Kyme, and Aeolian Sea Routes
- Phokaians' Mediterranean Colonization via 50-Oared Pentekonters (600 BCE)
- Education of Epicurus by Nausiphanes of Teos and Establishment of Tean Atomist Philosophy (320 BC)
- Establishment of Turkey's First Village Theater at Bademler (1932 CE)
- From Ulamış Mills to Birgivi Madrasa and Dağkızılca Aqueducts: Karakılçık Wheat, 1563 Ottoman Center, and Nif Mountain Bridges
Culture and memory narratives
- 1865 Establishment of Ottoman Urla Quarantine Station and Maritime Lazaretto System
- Reconstruction of Smyrna by Emperor Marcus Aurelius Following the Plea of Aelius Aristides (178 AD)
- Opening of Anatolia's First Railway Line and Çamlık Aziziye Station (1856 CE)
- From Aydın Alabanda Hermogenes' Architecture to Nysa Dionysius Thrax Grammar and Ephesus Apollonius Dyskolos Syntax: Classical Architecture, World Grammar, and Syntax Theory
- From Balıkesir Cyzicus Eudoxus Navigation to İzmir Smyrna Quintus Epic and Colophon Hermesianax Elegiacs: Indian Ocean Navigation, Trojan War Epic, and Elegiac Love Poetry
- Pergamon and Aizanoi: a Hellenistic Inner Aegean threshold
- Appointment of Physician Galen of Pergamon as Personal Doctor to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (169 AD)
- Construction of the Çakırağa Mansion and Decorative Frescoes at Birgi (1761)
- From Çakırağa Mansion at Birgi to Yalınayak Bathhouse at Tire and Lake Gölcük
- From Bodrum Queen Artemisia's Fleet to Knidos Eudoxus Observatory and Colophon Xenophanes Philosophy: First Female Admiral, Mathematical Astronomy, and Rational Theology
- Progradation of the Büyük Menderes Delta and Silting of the Latmic Gulf (6th c. BCE — 6th c. CE)
- From Çamlık Steam Locomotives to Şirince Stone Houses and Virgin Mary House: 1856 Industrial Heritage, Greek Stone Houses, and Bülbüldağı Shrine
- Erection of the Seikilos Musical Inscription Stele at Tralleis (100 CE)
- From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island
- Authoring of the Foundational Gynecological Encyclopedia Gynaecologia by Soranus of Ephesus (100 AD)
- From Erythrai Athena Temple to Bademler Village Theater and Özbek Stone Pier: Sea Theaters, Village Stages, and Stone Piers
- Three Thresholds of Gediz: Sardis, Kula and Alaşehir
- Command of the Naval Fleet by Queen Artemisia I of Halicarnassus at the Battle of Salamis (480 BC)
- From İzmir Aelius Aristides' Smyrna Oratory to Magnesia Pytheos Architecture and Teos Theodosius Geometry: Imperial Oratory, Halicarnassus Mausoleum, and Spherical Geometry
- From İzmir Ephesus Rufus Neuroanatomy to Magnesia Hegesias Oratory and Bergama Telephus Grammar: Ancient Neuroanatomy, Asianism Rhetoric, and Imperial Tutoship
- From İzmir Ephesus Soranus Medicine to Aydın Tralles Apollonius Sculpture and Germencik Menesthes Architecture: Gynecological Medicine, Farnese Bull Sculpture, and Ionic Architecture
- From İzmir Ephesus Xenophon's Romantic Novel to Priene Isidore Hagia Sophia and Halicarnassus Bryaxis Serapis: Romantic Literature, Dome Architecture, and Monumental Sculpture
- From İzmir Smyrna Hermippus Biography to Teos Boëthos Sculptures and Knidos Ctesias Persica: Classical Biography, Bronze Sculptures, and Persian History
- Invention of Lydian Coinage and Gold Refining on the Pactolus (7th — 6th c. BCE)
- Lydian Gold and the Royal Road: Sardis Coinage, Bin Tepe Pyramids, and Kula Volcanoes
- Three cities in the Menderes valley: Nysa, Mastaura, Tralleis
- From Menemen Taşhan Caravanserai to Kozak Yukarıbey Mosque and Göbeller Weaving Homes: 17th-Century Ottoman Inn, Floral Wood Paintings, and Granite Mansions
- Construction of Menemen Taşhan Caravanserai and Sadrazam Mahmut Paşa Foundation (1675 AD)
- From Metropolis Council to Belevi Mausoleum and Torbalı Aqueducts: Mother Goddess City, Royal Tombs, and Roman Aqueducts
- Freedom Battle of the Aegean on Mount Mycale: The Fall of the Persian Fleet and the Revival of Panionion
- Authoring of Téchne Grammatikē (The World's First Systematic Grammar Textbook) by Dionysius Thrax of Nysa (170 BC)
- Pergamon, Halicarnassus, Miletus: paths of knowledge
- Invention of the Water Organ (Hydraulis) and Force Pump by Ctesibius of Pergamon (270 BC)
- Phokaians' Mediterranean Colonization via 50-Oared Pentekonters (600 BCE)
- Composition of the 14-Book Trojan War Epic Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna (350 AD)
- From Mount Sipylus to the Karabel Luwian Pass: Akpınar Kybele, Niobe, and King Tarkasnawa
- Education of Epicurus by Nausiphanes of Teos and Establishment of Tean Atomist Philosophy (320 BC)
- From Tralleis Üç Gözler to Seikilos Epitaph and Nysa Canyon Aqueducts: Vaulted Gymnasion, World's Oldest Song, and Water Tunnels
- Establishment of Turkey's First Village Theater at Bademler (1932 CE)
- From Ulamış Mills to Birgivi Madrasa and Dağkızılca Aqueducts: Karakılçık Wheat, 1563 Ottoman Center, and Nif Mountain Bridges
- From Urla Quarantine Island to Panaztepe Harbor and Mount Nif: 1865 Steam Station, 2500 BCE Bronze Harbor, and Ancient Metallurgy
Story and event archive
- 1865 Establishment of Ottoman Urla Quarantine Station and Maritime Lazaretto System
- Reconstruction of Smyrna by Emperor Marcus Aurelius Following the Plea of Aelius Aristides (178 AD)
- Education of Cicero by Menecles of Alabanda and Transformation of Roman Senate Oratory (79 BC)
- Opening of Anatolia's First Railway Line and Çamlık Aziziye Station (1856 CE)
- Naval Battle of Arginusae at Kalem and Garip Islands (406 BCE)
- From Aydın Alabanda Hermogenes' Architecture to Nysa Dionysius Thrax Grammar and Ephesus Apollonius Dyskolos Syntax: Classical Architecture, World Grammar, and Syntax Theory
- From Aydın Alabanda Menecles Oratory to Mastaura Diophanes Reform and Teos Androsthenes Astronomy: Roman Oratory, Agrarian Reform, and Geared Astronomy
- From Balıkesir Cyzicus Eudoxus Navigation to İzmir Smyrna Quintus Epic and Colophon Hermesianax Elegiacs: Indian Ocean Navigation, Trojan War Epic, and Elegiac Love Poetry
- Pergamon and Aizanoi: a Hellenistic Inner Aegean threshold
- Appointment of Physician Galen of Pergamon as Personal Doctor to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (169 AD)
- Construction of the Çakırağa Mansion and Decorative Frescoes at Birgi (1761)
- From Çakırağa Mansion at Birgi to Yalınayak Bathhouse at Tire and Lake Gölcük
- From Bodrum Queen Artemisia's Fleet to Knidos Eudoxus Observatory and Colophon Xenophanes Philosophy: First Female Admiral, Mathematical Astronomy, and Rational Theology
- Progradation of the Büyük Menderes Delta and Silting of the Latmic Gulf (6th c. BCE — 6th c. CE)
- From Çamlık Steam Locomotives to Şirince Stone Houses and Virgin Mary House: 1856 Industrial Heritage, Greek Stone Houses, and Bülbüldağı Shrine
- Erection of the Seikilos Musical Inscription Stele at Tralleis (100 CE)
- From the Edremit Gulf to the Dikili Islands: Adramytteion, the Gömeç Olive Plain, and Kalem Island
- Authoring of Anatomicis Treatises (First Description of Neuroanatomy and Nerves) by Physician Rufus of Ephesus (90 AD)
- Authoring of the Foundational Gynecological Encyclopedia Gynaecologia by Soranus of Ephesus (100 AD)
- From Erythrai Athena Temple to Bademler Village Theater and Özbek Stone Pier: Sea Theaters, Village Stages, and Stone Piers
- Three Thresholds of Gediz: Sardis, Kula and Alaşehir
- Command of the Naval Fleet by Queen Artemisia I of Halicarnassus at the Battle of Salamis (480 BC)
- Construction of the Metropolis Bouleuterion and Belevi Mausoleum (246 BCE)
- İmam-ı Birgivi Mehmed Efendi Teaching at Birgi Madrasa (1563)
- Olives, Wine, and Prophecies of Ionia: The İzmir Peninsula from Klazomenai to Teos and Klaros
- From İzmir Aelius Aristides' Smyrna Oratory to Magnesia Pytheos Architecture and Teos Theodosius Geometry: Imperial Oratory, Halicarnassus Mausoleum, and Spherical Geometry
- From İzmir Bergama Ctesibius' Water Organ to Knidos Androsthenes Ocean Voyages and Pergamon Apollonius Conics: Pneumatics, Ocean Navigation, and Planetary Conics
- From İzmir Ephesus Rufus Neuroanatomy to Magnesia Hegesias Oratory and Bergama Telephus Grammar: Ancient Neuroanatomy, Asianism Rhetoric, and Imperial Tutoship
- From İzmir Ephesus Soranus Medicine to Aydın Tralles Apollonius Sculpture and Germencik Menesthes Architecture: Gynecological Medicine, Farnese Bull Sculpture, and Ionic Architecture
- From İzmir Ephesus Xenophon's Romantic Novel to Priene Isidore Hagia Sophia and Halicarnassus Bryaxis Serapis: Romantic Literature, Dome Architecture, and Monumental Sculpture
- From İzmir Epicurus' Teos Garden to Nysa Aristodemus Library and Miletus Hecataeus Map: Epicureanism, Roman Rhetoric, and World's First Map
- From İzmir Erythrai Sibyl Oracles to Teos Hermogenes Architecture and Tralles Apollonius Sculpture: Roman Capitol Oracles, Pseudodipteral Layout, and Farnese Bull
- From İzmir Homer's Meles Valley to Priene Bias Justice and Urla Anaxagoras Philosophy: Iliad and Odyssey Epics, Seven Sages Law, and Birth of Astrophysics
- From İzmir Colophon Mimnermus Poetry to Teos Nausiphanes Philosophy and Knidos Chrysippus Medicine: Lyrical Poetry, Atomist Philosophy, and Experimental Dietetics
- From İzmir Smyrna Hermippus Biography to Teos Boëthos Sculptures and Knidos Ctesias Persica: Classical Biography, Bronze Sculptures, and Persian History
- Construction of the Karabel Luwian Pass King Tarkasnawa Border Monument (1250 BCE)
- Klazomenai Archaic Olive Oil Press and Industrial Production Revolution (6th c. BCE)
- Authoring of the 23-Volume Persica History by Royal Physician Ctesias of Knidos at the Persian Court (398 BC)
- Discovery of Experimental Physiology and Central Nervous System by Erasistratus of Cnidus (280 BC)
- Invention of Lydian Coinage and Gold Refining on the Pactolus (7th — 6th c. BCE)
- Lydian Gold and the Royal Road: Sardis Coinage, Bin Tepe Pyramids, and Kula Volcanoes
- Three cities in the Menderes valley: Nysa, Mastaura, Tralleis
- Meanders of the Maeander: Landlocked Cities from the Latmic Gulf to Lake Bafa
- From Menemen Taşhan Caravanserai to Kozak Yukarıbey Mosque and Göbeller Weaving Homes: 17th-Century Ottoman Inn, Floral Wood Paintings, and Granite Mansions
- Construction of Menemen Taşhan Caravanserai and Sadrazam Mahmut Paşa Foundation (1675 AD)
- From Metropolis Council to Belevi Mausoleum and Torbalı Aqueducts: Mother Goddess City, Royal Tombs, and Roman Aqueducts
- Creation of the World's First Known Geographic Map by Hecataeus of Miletus (510 BC)
- From Muğla Knidos Erasistratus' Physiology to Ephesus Artemidorus Dream Science and Tire Xenocrates Pharmacology: Experimental Neuroanatomy, Dream Psychology, and Imperial Pharmacology
- Battle of Mycale: the beached fleet and the clash of 479 BCE
- Freedom Battle of the Aegean on Mount Mycale: The Fall of the Persian Fleet and the Revival of Panionion
- Authoring of Téchne Grammatikē (The World's First Systematic Grammar Textbook) by Dionysius Thrax of Nysa (170 BC)
- Composition of the Iliad and Odyssey by Epic Poet Homer along Meles Stream Valley (750 BC)
- Pergamon, Halicarnassus, Miletus: paths of knowledge
- Invention of the Water Organ (Hydraulis) and Force Pump by Ctesibius of Pergamon (270 BC)
- From the Pentekonters of Phokaia to Çandarlı Castle: Eski Foça, Kyme, and Aeolian Sea Routes
- Phokaians' Mediterranean Colonization via 50-Oared Pentekonters (600 BCE)
- Design of the Great Dome and Pendentives of Hagia Sophia by Master Architect Isidore of Miletus/Priene (532 AD)
- Composition of the 14-Book Trojan War Epic Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna (350 AD)
- From Mount Sipylus to the Karabel Luwian Pass: Akpınar Kybele, Niobe, and King Tarkasnawa
- Education of Epicurus by Nausiphanes of Teos and Establishment of Tean Atomist Philosophy (320 BC)
- Design of the Pseudodipteral Temple of Dionysus at Teos by Master Architect Hermogenes (220 BC)
- From Tralleis Üç Gözler to Seikilos Epitaph and Nysa Canyon Aqueducts: Vaulted Gymnasion, World's Oldest Song, and Water Tunnels
- Establishment of Turkey's First Village Theater at Bademler (1932 CE)
- From Ulamış Mills to Birgivi Madrasa and Dağkızılca Aqueducts: Karakılçık Wheat, 1563 Ottoman Center, and Nif Mountain Bridges
- From Urla Quarantine Island to Panaztepe Harbor and Mount Nif: 1865 Steam Station, 2500 BCE Bronze Harbor, and Ancient Metallurgy
Frequently asked questions
How is İzmir & the Peninsula defined in this guide?
A way of life from the bay to the peninsula's stone villages: the maritime memory of Smyrna, Teos, Klazomenai and Ephesus.
Where should I begin exploring İzmir & the Peninsula?
You can start with stops such as Smyrna, Foça, Urla, then continue through regional stories and place dossiers from the same period.