[2][3] Uzunada located in the Gulf of İzmir is Turkey's fourth largest island.

[1] The east-west direction pit of the gulf was formed as a result of breaking the faults.

[1] During the First World War, naval battles occurred between Sancakburnu Castle and Urla in March 1915 and around Uzunada in May 1916.

The İZKARAY project, which envisages the joining of the two sides of the gulf with a bridge, an artificial island and a tunnel, will provide road and rail connections between Balçova and Çiğli districts.

[1] With the population exceeding 1.7 million in the 1990s, the level of pollution has risen a lot and heavy metal traces were found in fish.

[1] In 1992, the treatment and sewage system, called the Grand Canal Project, started to be built by İZSU.

There are nine Blue Flag beaches around the gulf (four in Foça, three in Karaburun, one in Güzelbahçe and one in Urla).

[16] There is a ban on diving in twelve points in the gulf to protect cultural and natural heritage.