A good 25 to 30 minute walk from Konak Square is Karataş, a once heavily Jewish neighborhood of Izmir known to the Greeks as Melantia (Μελάντια).
Within walking distance of Konak Square are two of Izmir’s most important museums, the Izmir Archaeology Museum (İzmir Arkeoloji Müzesi) and the Izmir Ethnography Museum (İzmir Etnografya Müzesi). They’re located in two adjacent buildings.
Kadifekale is a castle on very same hill where Alexander the Great had a dream about founding the ancient city of Smyrna (Σμύρνη or Σμύρνα in Greek). It’s located in Izmir, Turkey.
The Smyrna Agora is a small archaeological site containing the remains of ancient Smyrna (Σμύρνη or Σμύρνα in Greek). It sits east of the bazaar district of Kemeraltı in Izmir, Turkey.
I wasn’t sure how to begin this entry or even title it. It’s about the neighborhood I’ve just moved into, Halkalı. I hate it. I don’t have much of a choice of where to live at the moment, so my good friend Tim from college offered me a room in his flat. I’m grateful for this, but our complaints are mutual because he also has no choice of location at the moment.
I decided to make my way up to the northernmost points of the Asian side of the Bosporus in Istanbul. Anadolu Kavağı and Anadolu Feneri are two fishing villages, one frequently on the tourist path, the other not. This entry is about Anadolu Kavağı.
I had tried several times before with Isaac, but we were always thwarted by some outside force – weather, missed ferries, late buses. Now that Isaac had moved back to the US, I had to go it alone.
Kokoreç is served in just about every neighborhood in Istanbul. For me, it’s become the perfect late-night treat.