Want to go on holiday in Turkey, but don't fancy the mass tourism of destinations like Antalya? Our tip: head for the Izmir Peninsula! DW's Sarah Hucal discovers incredible beaches, explores an abandoned Greek village — yes, in Turkey! — and samples incredible farm-to-table cuisine in one of the country's hippest restaurants. Would you like to travel to Turkey's Aegean coast? | DW Travel

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Smyrna (present-day Izmir, Türkiye) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in Anatolia, with a history spanning approximately 5,000 years. Inhabited since the Bronze Age, the city was colonized by Aeolian Greeks in the 11th-9th centuries BC and became one of the wealthiest and most powerful cities in Ionia in the 7th-6th centuries BC. Destroyed by Lydian and Persian attacks around 600 BC, it was rebuilt on the slopes of Kadifekale (Pagos) in the 4th century BC by order of Alexan