Urla, Turkey

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Urla, Turkey
Location in Turkey
Location in Turkey
Overview
Province [[İzmir Province Province]]
Coordinates NA
Postal code 35x xx
Area code 0232
Licence plate code 35
Website http://www.urlaonline.com/

Urla is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey.

It is situated on the road to Çeşme from İzmir and holds typically Aegean characteristics. It lies 38 km. west of İzmir and used to be an important cultural centre in antiquity. It was originally the site of the Ionian city of Klazomenai, with probably the most ancient regularly used port in the world. Pieces of art and sculpture found during excavations are now exhibited in the Louvre, Athens National Museum and İzmir Archaeology Museum.

Urla boasts of two important men of letters among his sons: It is the birthplace of the Greek poet and Nobel-laureate Giorgos Seferis and the Turkish novelist Necati Cumalı (born in Florina and re-settled in the framework of the 1923 Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations) grew up in Urla.

In the nearby antique city of Klazomenai, oldest attested olive oil production facilities were recently discovered. The traces also indicate first exports of olive oil by way of sea. A local enterprise started producing olive oil following the same methods as in antiquity, which turned out to be quite a success in business terms.

The house where the poet Seferis was born and raised in Urla
The house where the poet Seferis was born and raised in Urla

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