Etymologically, ʻo agora ke ʻano o ka Public Square a me ka ʻāpana kūʻai. ʻO Agora, nona nā hana pāʻoihana, hoʻokolokolo a me ka politika, kahi e hoʻonui ai i nā hana noʻeau, waiho ʻia ke ʻano o ke akeakamai a kahi e noho ai nā stoas, monuments, kuahu a me nā kiʻi.
Aia ʻo Agora ma ka moku ʻo Namazgah o İzmir mai ka manawa o Roma (AD ke kenekulia 2) a ua kūkulu ʻia e like me ka hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale ʻo Hippodamos, ma ʻekolu papahele, kokoke i ke kikowaena. ʻO İzmir agora ka mea nui loa a palekana loa o nā Ion agoras.
ʻO ka hapa nui o İzmir agora i loaʻa me nā ʻeli i hana ʻia e Rudolf Naumann, Professor F. Miltner a me Selahattin Kantar, ka luna hoʻomalu o nā hale hōʻikeʻike ʻo İzmir Ephesus ma waena o nā makahiki 1932 - 1941 a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he ʻekolu-papa papa hoʻohui. ma ke ʻano ʻehā me nā alapiʻi ma mua, i kūkulu ʻia ma luna o nā kolamu a me nā pio a puni kahi pā nui (120 x 180 m) i waenakonu o ka hale.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia nā ʻeli hou i agora ma ʻAukake 5th, 1996 me ka ʻae ʻia o ka Ministry of Culture a me ka hui pū ʻana o ke Keʻena Kiaʻāina ʻo İzmir a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o
Hale Hōʻikeʻike Archeology.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao hema hikina o ka agora, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻāpana agora i uhi ʻia i 16.590 m² ma hope o ka hoʻopili ʻia ʻana o ka pā a puni o Misak-ı Milli Primary School, i puhi ʻia i ka makahiki 1980, i agora. Ke hana ʻia nei nā haʻawina agora me ke kākoʻo o ke kaona ʻo İzmir e like me ka ʻeli ʻana, ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe archaeological a me ka hoʻonohonoho kaiapuni ma nā wahi ʻelima e like me ka agora area, ka ʻīpuka ʻākau o lalo o ka basilica, stoa a me ke kikowaena kūʻai kahiko.
Ma nā haʻawina i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna, ua hana ʻia ka hana nui loa ma ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻīpuka ʻākau o agora. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ke Akua wahine Vesta embossments i loaʻa i loko o kēia mau ʻeli, ʻo ia ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā embossments o ke kuahu Zeus i unuhi ʻia i nā ʻeli mua. Ma kahi o ke Akua Hermes, Dionysus, Eros, Herakles kiʻi; Ua loaʻa nā kiʻi kāne-wahine-holoholona he nui, nā poʻo, nā kiʻi, nā kiʻi a me nā monumen i hana ʻia me ke kinikini, pōhaku, iwi, aniani, metala a me ka lepo moa. ʻO nā palapala i loaʻa ma aneʻi e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka poʻe i kōkua iā İzmir i ka wā o ke olai ʻo İzmir i AD 178.
