Turkey’s leading underwater archaeology research center has discovered a large port facility in İzmir’s Urla district that is believed to date back to the archaic period between the 6th and 7th centuries B.C.“ It is the first time we have seen such a developed one,” Ankara University Underwater Research and Application Center (ANKÜSAM) Chairman Professor Hayat Erkanal recently said, noting that only simple port facilities from the same period had previously been discovered on Greek islands. Read More