Alsancak

Izmir's cosmopolitan seafront heart, where the Kordon promenade, dense dining and the city's best nightlife meet premium walkable apartments.

Updated May 22, 202610 min read

About Alsancak

Alsancak runs along the Birinci/İkinci Kordon waterfront, with a flat, walkable grid of cafés, meyhanes, boutiques and offices behind a palm-lined seaside promenade. By day it is a coffee-and-bicycle culture; by night, streets like 1453 Sokak and Kıbrıs Şehitleri Caddesi form the liveliest nightlife strip in the Aegean. It is the most secular, cosmopolitan address in a famously liberal city, favoured by young professionals and a small foreign/lifestyle contingent. Living here means the metro, İZBAN rail, ferry piers and Kültürpark are all on foot, at the price of premium rents and weekend buzz; nominal lira values climb fast while real USD prices stay broadly flat.

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Alsancak in Izmir, Izmir Province, Türkiye (Turkey)

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