2 piers belong to 1st century A.D. unearthed in W Turkey Aug 1, 2008
It is located near the modern village of Geyre, Turkey, about 230 km from Izmir. Aphrodisias was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of Love, who had here her unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias. (Xinhuanet, China)
International students fill Boji area job gap Jul 27, 2008
Cabuk, 20, who lives in Izmir, her nation's second largest seaport city with a population of about 4. 5 million, feels the same way about her hometown, adding that Okoboji "is so peaceful and a little boring."With no transportation out of town, the two are feeling land-locked at the Iowa Great Lakes. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
History Lesson Jul 21, 2008
We then traveled southwest to Izmir and then to ancient ruins in Pergamon and Ephesus. Ayse Durak, our guide in Izmir, had set the scene. (Durango Herald)
Highways too hot to handle Jul 17, 2008
On June 16, reports came in of the highway between the large western cities of Aydin and Izmir melting when the temperature again reached 40 degrees. Emergency teams had to be called in to pour sand and gravel on the liquefied areas and drivers were forced to abide by strict speed restrictions. (Asia Times Online)
Turkey: Free-Speech Issue Remains a Sensitive Subject Jul 16, 2008
Nineteen-year-old Baran Tursun died last November after he lost control of his car in the western Turkish city of Izmir ... "The police were upset by restrictions imposed on them through European Union reforms," says Nazan Sakalli, an Izmir lawyer who specializes in torture cases ... On average, three or four people are killed by police bullets every year in Izmir. (EurasiaNet.org)
September Mediterranean sailings on sale Jul 15, 2008
The Norwegian Jade wends its way from Barcelona to Istanbul stopping in Rome (Civitavecchia), Naples and Venice in Italy; Dubrovnik in Croatia; Piraeus, Greece and Izmir, Turkey along the way. Inside rooms on the freestyle cruise embarking September 7 run just $1,187. (MSNBC -- Travel)
For Turks seeking path to EU, European soccer conquests ease bitterness of ties to West Jun 24, 2008
"People just think that they are better than the rest of the world," said Burak Demircioglu, a free-lance translator in the Mediterranean city of Izmir. "It's all about winning.". (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Cruises are a travel bargain Jun 18, 2008
This lavishly built ship makes an eastern Mediterranean route from Venice, Italy, and calls at Bari, Italy; Katakolon, Greece; Izmir and Istanbul, Turkey and Dubrovnik, Croatia ... An Oct. 25 12-night sailing aboard Freedom, and priced from $999 double interior stateroom, visits Naples and Florence, Italy; Marmaris, Izmir and Istanbul, Turkey, and Athens and Katakolon, Greece. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Hooked on the hippest craze Jun 13, 2008
Sahin is a native of Izmir, Turkey. She gives free belly dancing classes at Beijing Union University. (Xinhuanet, China)
Unsinkable blazing hot summer cruise deals Jun 3, 2008
Cruises stop in Naples (Italy), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Venice (Italy), Messina (Sicily), Barcelona (Spain), Livorno (Florence/Pisa, Italy), Cannes (France), Marmaris (Turkey), Izmir (Turkey), Istanbul (Turkey), Athens (Greece), Katakolon (Greece). MSC Cruises MSC Poesia: MSCs newest ship offers amazing seven-day itineraries from Venice (Italy) with stops in Bari (Italy), Katakolon (Greece), Izmir (Turkey), Istanbul (Turkey), and Dubrovnik (Croatia). (MSNBC -- Travel)
Exchange student enlightens Rotary May 20, 2008
She also told the group about her hometown of Izmir, and her parents ' a textile engineer and a teacher. She has a brother who is a university student. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo by Murat Kurnaz Apr 23, 2008
He said he came from Izmir. That was the city where my father was born. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Istanbul's Last Pork Butcher Fights Islamist Crackdown on Swine Slaughter Apr 10, 2008
The pork crackdown began in 2004 after 40 people contracted food poisoning at a restaurant in Izmir on the Aegean coast, said Zafer Ustundag, one of two remaining pig farmers in Turkey ... The Islamic mentality within the government finished off the business after the public outcry following the incident in Izmir,'' he said. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Milanese Fight Drugs, Prostitutes as Mayor Jets Around Globe for Expo 2015 Mar 27, 2008
On March 31, the in Paris will choose between Milan, home to the La Scala opera house, and Izmir, Turkey. It will be a defining moment for Moratti, a former executive at 's News Corp. and education minister under. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Kurds, Turkish police clash for fifth day Mar 25, 2008
On Sunday, police detained dozens of Kurdish protesters who went through the Aegean port city of Izmir smashing windows. Clashes also occurred in several other western cities. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Two dead in Kurdish unrest Mar 24, 2008
Violence also hit the western city of Izmir overnight, home to a large Kurdish migrant community from the south-east, and 20 people were detained, Anatolia news agency reported ... The DTP provincial chairman in Izmir was detained Saturday after allegedly calling for a "Newroz rebellion", along with several other people who were in the procession throwing Molotov cocktails. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Kurds killed in Turkey protests Mar 24, 2008
In the western city of Izmir, home to a large Kurdish migrant community from the southeast, demonstrators attacked the police with chunks of concrete and broke the windows of buildings and cars, the Anatolia news agency reported. At least 20 people including DTP provincial chairman were detained. (Aljazeera.Net)
Turkish police clash with Kurds Mar 23, 2008
Unrest was also reported among Kurdish communities in western Turkey, including in Mersin and Izmir. Turkey said its week-long offensive in northern Iraq last month targeted bases used by up to 3,000 Kurdish rebels as a springboard for attacks across the border. (BBC News -- Europe)
Turkey academics defy scarf law Feb 26, 2008
Local media reported three universities in Istanbul, two in Ankara and five in the western city of Izmir have maintained the ban, along with universities in six other cities. Others have started to allow headscarves on campus. (BBC News -- Europe)
Early-bird savings on Mediterranean cruises Feb 14, 2008
The ship departs round-trip from Civitavecchia (Rome), calling at Naples and Livorno in Italy; three stops in Turkey Marmaris, Izmir and Istanbul; as well as Piraeus and Katakolon in Greece. Also included are three entire days at sea. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Turk parliament debates headscarf, secularists rally Feb 9, 2008
"We are against lifting this ban, we do not want to live in a religious state," said Ebru Okay, 32, who had travelled from the Aegean city of Izmir to join Saturday's rally in Ankara. "The state and religion must remain separate.". (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Turks protest over Islamic scarves Feb 3, 2008
In the Aegean port city of Izmir, protesters from the secular Democratic Left Party burned black Islamic chadors at a main square. "Turkey is a country which must record progress in the field of rights and freedoms, Turkey has to carry out political reforms to clinch EU membership," Babacan told reporters before flying to Saudi Arabia. (MSNBC -- International)
Turkey jails academic for insulting Ataturk Jan 29, 2008
One of the founding fathers of the Turkish liberal movement, Atilla Yayla was convicted of insulting the soldier-statesman by a court in the western port city of Izmir. The academic, who is teaching in Britain and did not attend the trial, heard he would be monitored for the next two years to ensure he did not reoffend. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Cash carrot for obese people to lose pounds Jan 26, 2008
This weekend Clarkson reveals the best 25 cars. Navigation - link to other main sections from here. (Times Online)
Turkey struggles to define itself Jan 25, 2008
Yayla's speech, in 2006 at a youth conference here, drew eight complaints, one of them from the Izmir Bar Association ... "People would be insulting each other," he said, in an immaculate office in downtown Izmir, a small bust of Ataturk on the wall behind him. (International Herald Tribune)
Gulen Inspires Muslims Worldwide Jan 22, 2008
Izmir base: Gulen put Nursi's ideas into practice when he was transferred to a mosque in Izmir in 1966. Izmir is a city where political Islam never took root ... From his base in Izmir, Gulen organized summer camps where the tenets of Islam were taught and started a network of student boarding houses known as "lighthouses." He sought to transfer the loyalty of Muslims from the Ottoman empire to the Turkish secular republic, even when the republican regime put pressure on the Muslim community. (Forbes -- Business)
Turkey gets a rise out of figs Jan 11, 2008
Turkey exports up to 70% of her fig harvests and Aydin, Izmir and Mugla are Turkey's top fig producing areas. While the ancient figs are an exciting find for the archeologists it's not the first time that figs have been in the Turkish news. (Asia Times Online)
Bush calls Turkish PM amid strikes Dec 25, 2007
Speaking at a ceremony in Izmir province of western Turkey, Erdogan said, "the operation conducted during nighttime became successful according to our preliminary assessments.". Editor: Peng Lijun. (Xinhuanet, China)
Behold the power of parsley Dec 20, 2007
The facts are the result of a study into alternative medical treatments tried by patients surveyed in the gynecological department of the Aegean Nursing School in Izmir. 143 women. (Asia Times Online)
Reduced Exposure to Calcineurin Inhibitors in Renal Transplantation Dec 20, 2007
Sweden (H.E.); Federal University, S;o Paulo (H.T.-S.); Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey (A.D.); Institutu Klinick; a Experiment;ln; Medic;ny, Prague, Czech Republic (S.V.); Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany (B.N.); S.B. Tepecik Hospital, Izmir, Turkey (A.G.); Universitaetsklinik, Innsbruck, Austria (R.M.); University Hospital, Erlangen, Germany (C.H.); Ciutat Universitaria de Bellvitge, Barcelona (J.M.G.); Charit;, Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin (U.F.); Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Stabbed Catholic priest released from hospital in Turkey; suspect appears in court Dec 19, 2007
Franchini was stabbed and slightly wounded in the stomach after Sunday Mass at St. Anthony's church in the port city of Izmir ... The man reportedly traveled to Izmir from his hometown of Balikesir, north of Izmir, and said he was seeking information on Christianity, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported Sunday ... Following that killing, a Catholic priest was attacked and threatened in Izmir, and another was stabbed in the Black Sea port of Samsun. (International Herald Tribune)
* World News Quick Take Dec 18, 2007
Father Adriano Francini was stabbed in the stomach in the attack in the Saint Antoine Church in the western city of Izmir, but his life was not in danger, a police official said. The Anatolia news agency reported that the 19-year-old assailant, identified only by his initials R.B., was caught shortly afterwards with the knife he used in the attack. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Catholic priest stabbed in Turkey Dec 17, 2007
The priest heads the Church of St. Mary in Ephesus but was in the nearby port city of Izmir at the time of the attack, Maggiore said ... Following that murder, a Catholic priest was attacked and threatened in the Aegean port city of Izmir, and another was stabbed in the Black Sea port of Samsun. (MSNBC -- International)
Priest stabbed after Sunday mass in Turkey Dec 17, 2007
The victim, Adriano Franchini, was taken to hospital in Izmir in western Turkey ... After that murder a Catholic priest was attacked in Izmir and another was stabbed in the Black Sea port of Samsun. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Dozens of insurgents killed in Afghan operation, officials say Dec 17, 2007
Police say they have detained a suspect after a Catholic priest was stabbed and wounded at a church in the Turkish city of Izmir. World Features. (CBC.ca)
Turkey says US backed raids on PKK Dec 17, 2007
"We will continue to wage this battle for our nation's unity and peace, both inside and outside Turkey," he said in televised comments made during a visit to the Aegean port of Izmir. Self-defence right Turkey claims the right of self-defence under international law to stage cross-border attacks against an estimated 3,000 PKK fighters in northern Iraq. (Aljazeera.Net)
Priest stabbed in latest attack on Christians in Turkey Dec 17, 2007
The priest, Adriano Franchini, was stabbed after Sunday Mass at St. Anthony's church in the port city of Izmir, said Simon Carta, the Italian consul there ... Following that murder, a Catholic priest was attacked and threatened in Izmir, and another was stabbed in the Black Sea port of Samsun. (USA Today -- News)
Five members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed when Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebels in Iraq's northern region.• Turkish PM: operation against PKK "success" Dec 17, 2007
Speaking at a ceremony in Izmir province of western Turkey, Erdogan said, "the operation conducted during nighttime became successful according to our preliminary assessments.". "TSK conducted a comprehensive operation against camps of the terrorist organization in the north of Iraq at night in line with the authorization by the government," he said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Two illegal immigrants drown as boat capsizes off Turkish coast Dec 17, 2007
On December 8, 50 illegal immigrants drowned in the Aegean Sea after their boat carrying 85 illegal immigrants sank near Seferihisar town of Izmir province. Thousands of immigrants from Asia and Africa entered Turkey illegally on their way to European countries in search of jobs andbetter life. (Xinhuanet, China)
5 Kurdish rebels killed in air strikes Dec 17, 2007
Speaking at a ceremony in Izmir province of western Turkey, Erdogan said, "the operation conducted during nighttime became successful according to our preliminary assessments.". DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Many Turkish warplanes which took off from Diyarbakir airbase in southeastern Turkey on Sunday hit the headquarters of the banned Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) on Qandil mountains in northern Iraq, eye witnesses told Xinhua. (Xinhuanet, China)
Foil Prodigy Gerek Meinhardt Signs On To Join Notre Dame Fencing Program In 2008-09 Dec 15, 2007
He was runner-up in both the U-20 and U-17 bouting at the 2006 Junior Pan Am Championships (San Antonio; Aug. '06) while also competing with the U.S. cadet- and junior-level teams at the World Championships in Izmir, Turkey (April '07). Meinhardt had an impressive seventh-place finish at the La Havana Senior Grand Prix in Cuba (June '06) and added top finishes at Junior World Cups that fall in Bratislava (5th), Madrid (3rd) and Aix-en-Provence (6th). (Und.com)
Emerging-market billionaires turn to philanthropy Dec 14, 2007
Ozyegin's grandparents came to the western Turkish city of Izmir from the Greek island of Crete in the late 19th century during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. The son of a doctor, he attended Robert College, an elite high school in Istanbul, before setting off for Oregon State University in 1963 with $1,000 in his pocket. (International Herald Tribune)
43 dead after boat sinks off Turkey Dec 11, 2007
ReutersA Turkish policeman and a coast guard officer stand next to body bags on Seferihisar port near the western Turkish coastal city of Izmir on Monday ... The 50-foot boat sank in rough weather late Saturday off the coast of Seferihisar, a town south of the city of Izmir, said Gov. Orhan Sefik Guldibi ... Ercan Dogu, an official from the Izmir governors office, said a miscommunication between police and paramilitary police had resulted in conflicting fatality reports. (MSNBC -- International)
Boat Carrying Illegal Migrants Sinks, Killing at Least... Dec 11, 2007
Dec. 10: A Turkish coast guard and fishermen pull bodies of illegal migrants from the sea off the Aegean port city of Izmir, western Turkey ... The 50-foot boat sank in rough weather late Saturday off the coast of Seferihisar, a town south of the city of Izmir, said Gov. Orhan Sefik Guldibi ... The passengers met up in Izmir Saturday evening and were taken to the coast from where they boarded the boat in the dark. (Fox News)
Qualifiers Still Online for History Making Partypoker.com Million! Dec 11, 2007
com Million VI cruise will sail from Venice in Italy, stopping in Bari, Olympia/Katakolon in Greece, Izmir and Istanbul in Turkey and Dubrovnik in Croatia. The cruise will then return to Venice. (Canada Newswire)
50 migrants feared dead as boat capsizes Dec 11, 2007
The bodies of the dead had washed up on the shores within hours of the 15-metre boat sinking off the coast of Seferihisar, south of the city of Izmir ... "We are trying to keep our hopes alive but the possibility of more survivors is diminishing," Orhan Sefik Guldibi, a local governor in Izmir province told the state-run Anatolia news agency. (Guardian Unlimited)
Sinking kills migrants off Turkey Dec 11, 2007
The 15-metre boat is believed to have sunk in rough weather on Saturday off the coast of Seferihisar, a town south of the city of Izmir, Orhan Sefik Guldibi, a local government official, said ... The group met in Izmir on Saturday evening and were taken to the coast, where they boarded the boat at night but the vessel capsized two hours after setting sail. (Aljazeera.Net)
Migrant-laden vessel sinks between Turkey and Greece Dec 11, 2007
"Two organizers put us in two trucks in Istanbul en route to Izmir," said an unidentified migrant speaking to local television from a hospital bed ... Setting off from the port of Izmir, the small vessel sank in tempestuous conditions near what survivors thought was a Greek island ... In reality the boat sank off the coastal town of Seferihisar, according to an official in Izmir Province, Orhan Sefik Guldibi. (International Herald Tribune)
53 die in Turkey shipwreck Dec 11, 2007
The 15-metre boat overloaded with migrants set off December 8 from the Sererihisar port in Turkey's western province of Izmir for Greece. The vessel ran into rough weather and capsized in the Aegean Sea, the national NTV channel reported. (Hindustan Times)
43 migrants die as boat sinks near Turkey Dec 10, 2007
The 50-foot boat is believed to have sunk in rough weather Saturday off the coast of Seferihisar, a town south of the city of Izmir, local Gov. Orhan Sefik Guldibi said. Six migrants were rescued and hospitalized, mostly for shock. (USA Today -- News)
Turkey, Still a Western Ally? Dec 5, 2007
RNPS PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2007 - People wave flags from the roof of their house as the waterfront is covered by thousands of Turks during an anti-government rally in Izmir May 13, 2007. Hundreds of thousands of Turks took to the streets of Izmir on Sunday, stepping up pressure on the Islamist-rooted government with a rally to demand that their country remain a secular state. (Townhall.com)
* US team to examine Turkish crash site Dec 3, 2007
Yesterday, funerals were held in the Aegean port city of Izmir and in Istanbul for the plane's pilot, co-pilot, technician and one of the flight attendants. Many of the victims were buried in a funeral service on Saturday in Isparta, where thousands flocked to mosques to say prayers for the victims. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
New frontier for African migrants Dec 3, 2007
Across from Samos, up past the resorts along the Turkish coast in Izmir, hundreds of Europe-bound men, women and children pour in daily from Istanbul, a focal point for illegal migration from the Middle East ... "I paid them $1,500 for that boat ride. I never wanted to give birth in Izmir. I never wanted to come to Turkey," she continued as other African migrants, who had suffered the same fate, nodded in agreement. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Plane with 54 aboard crashes in Turkey Nov 30, 2007
Also earlier this month, two Turkish pilots were killed when a military training aircraft crashed in the western city of Izmir. On May 26, 2003, a Ukrainian plane carrying 75 people, including 62Spanish peacekeeping soldiers returning home from Afghanistan and 12 crew members, crashed near Macka town of northern province of Trabzon in Black Sea region of Turkey. (Xinhuanet, China)
Solid-state terahertz emitter devised Nov 28, 2007
The cavity was fabricated by Lufti Ozyuzer, a scientist at the Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey, along with doctoral candidate Cihan Kurter. "Junctions start to oscillate," said Welp. (EETimes)
T-rays May Help Secure Airports, Detect Cancer Nov 27, 2007
In order to synchronize the signal, Argonne physicist Alexei Koshelev suggested that the stacks of Josephson junctions should be shaped into resonant cavities, which visiting scientist Lufti Ozyuzer of the Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey, and graduate student Cihan Kurter then fashioned. When the width of the cavities was precisely tuned to the frequencies set by the voltage, the natural resonances of the structure synchronized the oscillations and thus amplified the T-ray output, in a... (Science Daily)
Royals to see Turkey's treasures Nov 26, 2007
During their stay, they will also visit a rehabilitation centre in Ankara, dine with President Gul, and visit the cities of Istanbul and Izmir. President Gul is a trustee of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies of which the Prince is patron. (BBC News -- UK)
Turkish prosecutor demands life in prison for 5 charged with murdering Christians Nov 24, 2007
Aydin was charged with insulting Islam and spent a month in jail after he was found distributing Bibles in the Aegean city of Izmir. Christian leaders have said they are worried that nationalists are stoking hostility against non-Turks and non-Muslims by exploiting uncertainty over Turkey's place in the world. (International Herald Tribune)
Alice Barr Dobbins Nov 14, 2007
Alice held the fort down while her husband had unaccompanied tours in Korea, Vietnam and two years in Izmir, Turkey. Alice and her family have been residents of the area since 1964 and Sierra Vista since 1970. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Saudi monarch woos Turkey's Islamists Nov 13, 2007
It is in the Anatolian heartland of Turkey - among peasants, laborers, small traders and artisans - rather than in the cosmopolitan environs of Istanbul or Izmir that the gradual warming toward Saudi Arabia is palpable. The Iran question But King Abdullah's decision to visit Turkey for a second time was largely motivated by politics. (Asia Times Online)
Britons join Kurdish rebels to fight Turks Oct 29, 2007
The tragedy of so many young Turkish men dying in the east is unpardonable, and after attacks on purely civilian tagets in Izmir and other holiday resorts, yes I'd say the PKK are terrorists. We bang on about the 'war on terror' but when it comes to someone else doing a similar thing on their own borders we wring our hand and condemn them. (Yahoo News -- Turkey)
Armenian genocide measure is misguided Oct 22, 2007
" More than 1 million Ottoman Muslims and Kurds died in eastern Anatolia from massacres or inhumane conditions of warfare. About 600,000 Armenians died in that time frame, according to historians. The vast majority of those Armenians perished in a wretchedly executed relocation order issued on April 24, 1915, as the Allies were landing at Gallipoli, and Van was falling to the Russians on the eastern front. War crimes were committed by both Armenians and Ottoman Muslims. Persuasive evidence... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Zimbabwe 'running out of bread' Oct 2, 2007
"I have just returned from three weeks in Zimbabwe. There were just three occasions during that time I was able to buy some form of bread: The day after we arrived I found myself near a reasonably short queue (50 people) for bread rolls. I spent 30 minutes in the queue before walkiing away with six bread rolls. A few days later my mother in law and I queued for one hour during a local supermarket's "pensioners' day" - we bought another 12 rolls. The following day while buying ice at a garage a... (BBC News)
2 bomb blasts hit outside shopping mall in Turkey Oct 2, 2007
Two bomb blasts outside a shopping mall in the western Turkish city of Izmir Tuesday killed one person and injured 10 others, the defense minister said ... Separatist Kurdish rebels carried out a bomb attack at a market in Izmir in May, injuring several people. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Blast kills one in Turkey Oct 2, 2007
A bomb has killed one person and wounded three people in the Turkish port of Izmir, police say, just hours after another device injured two people ... Kurdish separatist rebels have carried out attacks in Izmir and the Aegean region in the past ... The second explosion occurred outside a bank in a suburb of Izmir, Turkey's third largest city. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
