Izmir, Turkey - multiview postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Izmir, Turkey - multiview postcard c.1970s or 1980s
• Publisher:  Keskin Color
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Izmir (Greek: Sµ???? Smyrni; Latin: Smyrna) is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia and the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara.^[1][2] Izmir's metropolitan area extends along the outlying waters of the Gulf of Izmir and inland to the north across Gediz River's delta, to the east along an alluvial plain created by several small streams and to a slightly more rugged terrain in the south. The ancient city was known as Smyrna, and the city was generally referred to as Smyrna in English, until the Turkish Postal Service Law of 28 March 1930 made ""Izmir"" the internationally recognized name.

The city of Izmir is composed of several metropolitan districts. Of these, Konak district corresponds to historical Izmir, this district's area having constituted the ""Izmir Municipality"" (Turkish: Izmir Belediyesi) area until 1984, Konak until then having been a name for a central neighborhood around Konak Square, still the core of the city. With the constitution of the ""Greater Izmir Metropolitan Municipality"" (Turkish: Izmir Büyüksehir Belediyesi), the city of Izmir became a compound bringing together initially nine, and more recently eleven metropolitan districts, namely Balçova, Bayrakli, Bornova, Buca, Çigli, Gaziemir, Güzelbahçe, Karabaglar, Karsiyaka, Konak and Narlidere. Almost all of these settlements are former district centers or neighborhoods which stood on their own, with their own distinct features and temperament. In an ongoing processus, the Mayor of Izmir was also vested with authority over the areas of additional districts reaching from Aliaga in the north to Selçuk in the south, bringing the number of districts to be considered as being part of Izmir to twenty-one under the new arrangements, two of these having been administratively included in Izmir only partially.

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, as of 2012 the city of Izmir had a population of 3,401,994 and its metropolitan municipality 4,005,459.^[1][2]

Izmir has almost 3,500 years of recorded urban history (see Timeline of Izmir) and possibly even longer as an advanced human settlement. Lying on an advantageous location at the head of a gulf running down in a deep indentation midway on the western Anatolian coast, the city has been one of the principal mercantile cities of the Mediterranean Sea for much of its history. Its port is Turkey's primary port for exports in terms of the freight handled and its free zone, a Turkish-U.S. joint-venture established in 1990, is the leader among the twenty in Turkey. Its workforce, and particularly its rising class of young professionals, concentrated either in the city or in its immediate vicinity (such as in Manisa and Turgutlu), and under either larger companies or SMEs, affirm their name in an increasingly wider global scale and intensity.^[3] Politically, it is considered a stronghold of the Republican People's Party.

Izmir hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1971 and the World University Games (Universiade) in 2005. It had a running bid submitted to the BIE to host the Universal Expo 2015, in March, 2008, that was lost to Milan. Modern Izmir also incorporates the nearby ancient cities of Ephesus, Pergamon, Sardis and Klazomenai, and centers of international tourism such as Kusadasi, Çesme, Mordogan and Foça.

When the Ottomans took over Izmir in the 15th century, they did not inherit compelling historical memories, unlike the two other keys of the trade network, namely Istanbul and Aleppo. Its emergence as a major international port as of the 17th century was largely a result of the attraction it exercised over foreigners, and the city's European orientation.^[4]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: rest of the world

sub-theme=europe

county/ country=turkey

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

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