Izmir Tourist Information: Glass and glasswork history studies, examine the source of glasswork as the Mediterranean and its surroundings. Egyptians colored, created many uses, from jewelry to coffin making. European countries also learned from Egypt that they bought the glass in its previously processed form. In Turks, glasswork has been done since the Seljuk period. After the conquest of Istanbul, the center of glasswork became this city, and glass workmanship developed day by day.
The use of glass in bead design for the first time in Anatolia started when the masters who came to Egypt made anklets and bead bracelets at the Arab Inn in Kemeraltı. Turks developed the bead production learned from these masters with their own mule bead design. With the emergence of colored glasses, the eye of the bead has begun to be protected from the evil eye.The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
It continues its production with traditional methods in Görece village of Menderes district and Nazarköy village of Kemalpaşa district in İzmir. It shows that it was Nazarköy with the approval of the Council of Ministers dated 20.03.2007. Round and oval-shaped bead furnaces (furnaces) are made by craftsmen who know this work in the village. Glasses of different colors are melted in the eyes of the hearths called “pan”, where only pine wood is burned. Molten glass is taken from these eyes for iron rods and shaped on the rail beam.
Nowadays, the required bead types are called karagöz, walnut, cylinder, egg, plate, plate heart, dice, saddle, danagöz. The types of beads are named according to the colors used, such as yellow-eyed blackeye, transparent green bead, overhead blue cylinder, blue-eyed overhead blue calf. The beads are also named according to their size, large, medium, and small. They are referred to as transparent green large black eyes, the small transparent purple cylinder with blue eyes, and large yellow-eyed blackeye. It also produces materials such as rings, jugs, fish, ashtrays.
The evil eye bead design, called “plate”, was very popular with our people, and this design was included in different colors.
Izmir Turkey Tourism
With its natural and historical beauties, climate conditions suitable for tourism, sufficient accommodation, and transportation infrastructure, İzmir is one of our provinces with the highest tourism potential. Despite the fact that our city has started tourism in the recent sense when we examine its historical features, it is always seen that it is intertwined with tourism: Agora, Kadifekale, Smyrna (Tepekule), Bergama, Klaros (Ahmetbeyli), Kyme (Aliağa) and 12 Ionian cities of Ephesus (Ancient). Historical sites and cities such as Selçuk, Erythrai (Çeşme) Teos (Sığacık), Lebedos (Ürkmez), Klazomenai (Urla), Phokaia (Foça), Kolophon (Değirmendere) and Myrina (Aliağa) are within the city limits.
Today’s Selçuk district; hosted the history, religion, culture, and art of different ages. The district is one of the largest, most important trade, religion, and cultural centers of the ancient world, Ephesus Ancient City, Yamaç houses, Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders of the world, Mary Main House, St. The Basilica of Jean is also famous for the Seven Sleepers, Isa Bey Mosque, Ayasuluk Castle and many more.
Museums in the city center, Pergamum, Fountain, Odemis, Tire, Ephesus Museum, and archaeological sites and cultural tourism opportunities since as an indicator of 2011. The first offering Ildir historical and cultural texture wealth in Turkey, which is on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage tentative list of Pergamum in 2014 In 2015, Ephesus was included in the main list 2015.
The historical city of Çandarlı and Foça Castles are on the temporary list, and works are being carried out to put them in the main list and to list them temporarily in the city center, in addition to the triple, sun, sand trio. Kadifekale, which has preserved its existence since ancient times, Smyrna Agora, one of the largest known ancient agora in the world, has a mystical atmosphere with its unique texture, Alsanc with its unique tower, mosques, churches, synagogues, inns, fountains, historical mansions. the district is an important attraction of the city in terms of cultural tourism. Also, with its local culture, handicrafts, traditional cuisine, national and international culture-art events, and other cultural values, İzmir is a destination where cultural tourism is widely carried out. There are many Izmir Turkey Tourism tour opportunities for tourists.
