Geography of Izmir
Izmir, Turkey, the capital of Izmir province. It lies at the head of the Gulf of Izmir about 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Istanbul. Izmir has many light manufacturing industries. Its port is the second most active after Istanbul's. The Aegean University (founded 1955) and an archeological museum are located here.
Izmir, formerly called Smyrna, is one of the world's oldest cities. It was settled by Greeks in the 11th century B.C.and was ruled successively by many conquerors, including Romans, Byzantines, and Ottoman Turks. The city was occupied by Greece after World War I, but the Turks recaptured it in 1922 and gave it its present name.
Population: 3,370,866.