🏛️ Old Smyrna
Bayraklı Höyüğü — ancient Mediterranean settlement in İzmir
📌 Fast Facts
- 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 ...