Izmir

İZKITAP-İzmir Book Fair will be held with a festival-like organization in Kültürpark between April 19 and 28 April.

The main theme of the event, which will also host the April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day events, centers around "Children's Literature" this year. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to "rejuvenate" the traditionally opposition-governed city of İzmir if his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) secures victory in the upcoming municipal elections.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has finalized its nominations for mayoral candidates across İzmir province, including both the metropolitan municipality and its districts, in preparation for the upcoming elections.

The oldest fig seeds ever found in Anatolia, dating back 5,000 years, have been unearthed in the Yassıtepe Mound in the Bornova district of İzmir, where excavations have been continuing.

Lots of monumental structures and artifacts have been unearthed during works carried out by Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) in the ancient city of Metropolis, located in the Torbalı district of İzmir.

A workshop dating back 8,200 years, showing the village life, pleasure, eating and drinking culture of the people of İzmir, has been unearthed in Yeşilova Mound in the Bornova district of İzmir.

"İzmir'in dağlarında çiçekler açar!" / "Flowers bloom on the mountains of İzmir!" These words of the much-popular Izmir anthem were ringing in my ears as I left the celebration after the Michelin Guide ceremony in Istanbul. The second edition of the highly anticipated results for Türkiye was announced on Nov. 9.

The third İzmir International Meeting of Mediterranean Cinemas (MEDCINE) will be held between Nov. 8 and 13. Within the scope of the festival, films from 20 Mediterranean countries will be on the screen.

In early September, 101 years ago, as the Turkish cavalry entered Smyrna, a Greek city on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, some 1,200 women and children sought refuge within the courtyard of the American Collegiate Institute for Girls, also known as the American Girls' School. This school stood in the very neighborhood where the most devastating looting and killings occurred.

The owner of a tour company with its headquarters in İzmir is accused of defrauding 61 members of the Chamber of Architects branch in Denizli province of roughly 30,000 euros after signing a contract for a Balkans trip.

In April 2023, the chamber which organized a Balkans tour for its members met with Emine Yıldız, the owner of an Izmir-based tour company for the trip.