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🏛️ Old Smyrna
Bayraklı Höyüğü — ancient Mediterranean settlement in İzmir


🕐 2 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 07:30
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  • Located in modern İzmir, Turkey, on the Aegean coast
  • Settlement dates to the 3rd millennium BC, making it one of the Mediterranean's oldest continuously inhabited sites
  • Flourished during the Archaic and Classical periods as a major cultural and commercial center
  • Now operates as an open-air archaeological site accessible to visitors

Old Smyrna, also known as Bayraklı Höyüğü, is an archaeological site in İzmir, Turkey, representing one of the ...

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