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- The most known settlement is Smyrna, which was established around present-day Bayraklı in 3300s BC.
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It is known that the first settlements around the gulf were in the Neolithic Age. The most known settlement is Smyrna, which was established around present-day Bayraklı in 3300s BC. Timur, who came to İzmir after the Battle of Ankara, seized İzmir Port Castle and its surroundings in December 1402 and ordered the destruction of the castle.
Old Smyrna was on a small peninsula connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus at the northeastern corner of the inner Gulf of İzmir, at the edge of a fertile plain and at the foot of Mount Yamanlar. This Anatolian settlement commanded the gulf.
The first settlements on the Western Anatolia seashores, having mainly Aiol, Ion and Dorian roots after the war of Troy, were built on small peninsulas. These are settlements such as Çandarlı, Foça, İzmir, Klazomenai, Miletos and Iasos.
Apr 22, 2024 · Excavations indicate settlement contemporary with that of the first city of Troy, dating from the 3rd millennium bce. Greek settlement is first clearly attested by the presence of pottery dating from about 1000 bce .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The first settlement to have commanded the Gulf of İzmir as a whole was established on top of Mount Yamanlar, to the northeast of the inner gulf.
Jul 18, 2023 · The remains of prehistoric Liman Tepe, exposed on a headland dividing two bays on the Gulf of Izmir. Settlement in the vicinity has a long history, stretching from the Neolithic through to the modern town of Urla, via the Classical city of Klazomenai.
The most known settlement is Smyrna, which was established around present-day Bayraklı in 3300s BC. Timur, who came to İzmir after the Battle of Ankara, seized İzmir Port Castle and its surroundings in December 1402 and ordered the destruction of the castle.
