Ancient Smyrna to complete ring of history

Though separated by millennia of history, İzmir’s past will soon be symbolically linked with the opening of the ancient Smyrna excavation area to visits, allowing tourists to journey from Neolithic times to the relatively recent Classical past – stopping in ancient Smyrna along the way.

“We are trying to establish a route of three spots for İzmir’s visitors to stroll around the city. In these three spots, it is possible to see some 10,000 years of the Aegean world – traces of İzmir’s first settlement 8,500 years ago in Yeşilova, ruins from the seventh and eighth centuries when the Greek world had its heyday here [at ancient Smyrna] and the Hellenistic- and Roman-era agora in Kadifekale. It is possible to observe the daily life of people who lived on this land during a one-day visit. I believe this is the first in the world,” said the head of the old Smyrna excavations, Professor Cumhur Tanrıöver. 

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