Izmir

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan unofficially kicked off his re-election campaign on Saturday by trying to revise history in claiming that the destruction of the city of Smyrna in 1922 was the work of the Greeks. Speaking at the Chamber of Commerce...

The deterioration of Greco-Turkish relations in recent months has not deterred a Turkish businessman from unveiling plans for the construction of a housing project named after the Greek island of Santorini. Park Life Santorini (Park Yaşam Santorini) which occupies an...

A fifth shipwreck to date was recently uncovered in the Gulf of  Izmir according to Professor Muhammet Duman from Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) Marine Action in Science and Technology Institute. The professor says that the shipwreck is at least 100-years-old...

Approximately 100 bikers arrived on Saturday on the island of Lesvos, Greece, from Ayvalık within the framework of the "4th bicycle festival under my pedals" that is held in Izmir. This action aims to strengthen the relations between the bicycle...

An ancient crossword puzzle has been found, etched onto the walls of a Greek Orthodox church. The basilica on which the puzzle was found was built within the confines of an ancient agora of a settlement dating back 2,000-2,500...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4kOdTN2AQ Filmmakers Georgia Papadopoulou and Chrysovalantis Stamelos produced a new documentary called "Journey Through Smyrna", shot in Izmir, which aims to bring the classic Smyrneika genre back to its homeland. The film was shot over the course of one week, and depicts Greeks...

An anniversary event full of emotion and pride for the Greek Orthodox faith took place in Istanbul on March 20, 2016. The event titled "Polis, which light unites us..." was organized by the Region of South Aegean, with the...

War refugees from the Middle East newly arrived in Greece say Turkey's gendarmes and coast guard are becoming increasingly violent in their efforts to stop asylum-seekers from crossing the Aegean Sea -- both on Turkish beaches, to disrupt the...

The number of refugees and migrants stranded in Greece has reached 42,000 while more arrive from Turkey daily, according to Greek authorities. Head of the Coordinating Committee for the Management of the Refugee Crisis Giorgos Kyritsis said on Thursday morning on...

Neither Greece nor Turkey were the cause of the problems currently facing central Europe, Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday, during joint statements with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in Izmir. We will solve the problems of...