Izmir

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received the title of Honorary Doctor of Sociology by the Izmir Economics University. One and a half years ago, he had received the same title from the University of Bosporus. The Economics University of Izmir has also awarded...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew stressed the importance of peaceful coexistence between people of every religion in his speech during the Divine Liturgy that took place in Izmir (Smyrna). “In many parts of the world, Muslims, Christians and the Jewish live in harmony....

The reconstructed church of Agios Voukolos is the only Christian Orthodox church of the big city of Izmir (Smyrna) in Turkey that survived the destruction of 1922. The church will reopen to the public as a place of worship and Ecumenical...

Mediterranean neighbors Greece and Turkey will hold a joint business forum, bringing together hundreds of participants on November 12 in Izmir, with Turkish Economic Affairs Minister Nihat Zeybekci and Greek Development Minister Nikos Dendias delivering speeches. Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Council, the Greek...

The Hellenic Coast Guard rescued 65 illegal immigrants off the coast of Samos and Agathonisi islands, something that has become very common in recent months. In the first incident, 31 immigrants were aboard a vessel at the sea area of...

Lailapas Football Club from the Greek island of Chios and the Turkish Karşıyaka from Izmir met again on May 9 to end a friendly match cancelled due to a downpour 84 years ago. The original match was started on December 7,...

Five young people from Thessaloniki, Greece, and five from Izmir, Turkey, started a ten-month voyage in order to investigate the common elements of the two cities and record them using new technologies. As the project’s official facebook account informs us...

The chef Maria Ekmekçioğlu has co-written a book that includes Greek and Turkish recipes, entitled Bir o yaka Bir bu yaka, which means This side The other side, and was released in April in Turkey. Ekmekçioğlu, who is engaged in...

A historic monument of Christianity is being sacrificed on the altar of modernization. The Orthodox Church of Prophet Elias in Izmir (Smyrna) in Turkey, one of the few Christian churches in the region, is set to be demolished under...

A rich Greek graffiti collection has been found in the İzmir agora during excavation work in the area. The graffiti shows daily life in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The graffiti is estimated to date back to the 2nd and...