İzmir

Districts

• Aliağa
• Balçova
• Bayındır
• Bayraklı
• Bayraklı
• Bergama
• Beydağ
• Bornova
• Buca
• Buca
• Çeşme
• Çiğli
• Çiğli
• Dikili
• Foça
• Gaziemir
• Gaziemir
• Güzelbahçe
• Karabağlar
• Karaburun
• Karşıyaka
• Karşıyaka
• Kemalpaşa
• Kınık
• Kiraz
• Konak
• Konak
• Menderes
• Menemen
• Narlıdere
• Ödemiş
• Seferihisar
• Selçuk
• Tire
• Torbalı
• Urla

Experiences

Key points of interest

Konak Saat Kulesi & Historic Kemeraltı Bazaar

Iconic 1901 Ottoman clock tower standing proudly in Konak Square adjacent to the labyrinthine alleys of historic Kemeraltı.

Kordonboyu Waterfront Promenade & Alsancak

Legendary palm-lined seaside promenade along the Gulf of İzmir famous for sunset gatherings, cafes, and bicycle tracks.

Agora Antik Kenti (Smyrna Agora)

Magnificent ancient Roman agora ruins featuring multi-level basilicas, arches, and ancient graffiti preserved in central İzmir.

Efes Antik Kenti (Ephesus - Selçuk)

World-famous Greco-Roman ancient metropolis featuring the Library of Celsus, Great Theater, and Temple of Artemis.

Ege University Main Campus

Sprawling university research campus hosting over 50,000 students and advanced medical facilities.

Investment outlook

İzmir commands an outstanding Transparent Investment Score of 99.0/100, recognized as Türkiye's undisputed Aegean economic capital, international logistics gateway (İzmir Port), high-tech manufacturing hub, and elite real estate market. Anchored by Ege University and Dokuz Eylül University—hosting over 100,000 students—and massive Free Zones and Organized Industrial Zones, the province yields exceptional commercial returns. Residential buy prices average $2,800/m² (exceeding $8,000/m² in luxury high-rise and marina compounds in Alsancak, Karşıyaka, and Çeşme) with rapid annual capital appreciation (~58.0% YoY in USD).

Living here

Residing in İzmir represents the absolute pinnacle of safe, progressive, culturally rich, and cosmopolitan Aegean coastal living. Neighborhoods feature brand-new master-planned luxury high-rise residential compounds rising alongside historic Levantine mansions, wide palm-lined Kordon promenades, pristine blue-flag beaches, and world-class marinas. Residents benefit from comprehensive healthcare at Ege University Hospital, clean Aegean air, rich cultural arts, and exceptionally safe community streets.

History & cultural identity

İzmir, majestically sprawling across the sparkling turquoise sweep of the Gulf of İzmir along the Aegean Sea framed by olive groves and pine-clad hills, holds a monumental ancient prehistoric (İzmir / Tepekule), Aeolian, Ionian, Lydian, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Beylik of Aydınoğlu, and Ottoman imperial civilizational legacy spanning over eight millennia. Known anciently as Smyrna (founded as an Ionian colony and rebuilt by Alexander the Great), the region flourished as one of the Mediterranean's supreme maritime, commercial, and intellectual powerhouses. Its crowning historical and cultural glories include the UNESCO-listed Efes Antik Kenti (Ephesus), the iconic Konak Saat Kulesi (Clock Tower), Kordonboyu, and Agora Antik Kenti.