Tag: İzmir

The boat keels over during its launch into the sea, injuring 17. A tugboat keeled over killing 10 people and wounding 17 others while being launched to sea in the Turkish ...

Turkey's third largest city, the Aeagean province's last bid was for 2015. The Turkish province of Izmir has lost its chance to host a World Expo, its second losing bid in a row. ...

İzmir is set to host puppet shows performed by worldrenowned puppeteers from around the world during the İzmir International Puppetry Days festival, which begins tonight and continues until April 6. ...

The İzmir Education Directorate's books commission is seeking to ban certain parts of John Steinbeck's classic “Of Mice and Men” for several “immoral” passages, according to daily BirGün.  The book ...

People who believe Şirince village in İzmir’s Selçuk town will be a haven from destruction predicted to begin Dec. 21 by the Mayan calendar will flood the town during the ...

People who believe Şirince village in İzmir’s Selçuk town will be a haven from destruction predicted to begin Dec. 21 by the Mayan calendar will flood the town during the ...

Thousands of Syrians who have fled from the fighting in their country are living in refugee camps just inside Turkey. But some have gone further west to the coastal city ...

Birzamanlar Publishing is hosting a new event designed to refresh memories about İzmir at the beginning of the Turkish Republic through the exhibition of historical postcards and photos from the ...

The Third Sarajevo Ballet Festival opened in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s capital of Sarajevo on Sept. 20 with a performance of “Othello” by the İzmir State Opera and Ballet’s 33-member group. The performance ...

One soldier was killed and 4 others were wounded in an explosion when members of the terrorist (PKK) assaulted a armed forces bus in the western province of İzmir on ...