Izmir is a city that completely alive all the time; it is known as Pearl of the Aegean “Beautiful Izmir”.Izmir is the ancient city of Smyrna, or "the country of the sacred mother", which existed even before the arrival of the Hittites and was ruled by Ionians, Persians, Romans and Ottomans. The original city was established in the third millennium BC (at present day Bayrakl?) and had the most advanced culture, alongside Troy, in Western Anatolia.
