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I would like to make a general comment about the "Smyrna" reference to Izmir, at least to the people that have scientific and historical and not nationalist-driven doubts about it. I think it is wrong to wonder why the name Yerevan (unknown to most, in contrast to Smyrna) is not used for Athens while Smyrna does for Izmir, in wiki. First of all, the etymology of the name Izmir itself is derived from the greek, former name. Also, they name "Smyrna" was indeed kept in use by both Muslims and Christians. In contrast, the turkish name Ayvalik was alwasys used, instead of ancient "Kydonies" term. But there is another, substantial reason: The civilization and activities developed throughout history in Izmir were almost exlusively achieved by its greek citizens. This is proved by the cultural and aesthetical fall of Izmir for many decades, after the greeks left under the Population Exchange. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, born in Salonica and not in Anatolia, was aware of that fact: He knew that there would be a significant financial and cultural downfall after the departure of the urban population of the area, but the stabilisation inside his country was of course of highsest importance at those critical times. Dimitris Chrisafinos

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Population according to the cited resources.

Hi there -- I'm seeing the population of Izmir -- as a city -- as 4,320,519 in 2019. E.g., see http://www.izmir.gov.tr/istatistiklerle-izmir Am I missing something? where do you get the 2.9m number?

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Izmir is widely used as Anglicized version of İzmir. A name change can be considered as in case Istanbul. — 07 ● 💬 14:24, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. No "İ" exists in the English script. Why write Izmir as İzmir in the Turkish script then? It looks awkward. 46.31.112.222 (talk) 06:01, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

CLIMATE

What about the new record high temperature for May (2020/5/18)? 86.32.54.210 (talk) 11:43, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what you mean. None of the stations active in the region (see [1] [2] [3] [4] and [5]) seem to have measured any record-breaking temperatures. It was a hot day for sure, but not record-breaking. Uness232 (talk) 06:39, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Can someone explain why Izmir has so high amount of annual sunshine hours - almost 3 000, especially compared to more southern cities like Bodrum or Fethiye, which have around 2 700? 86.32.61.234 (talk) 18:37, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Most likely due to the urban heat island effect, and the resulting lack of fog. Although please read WP:NOTFORUM, specifically:

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İzmir → Izmir – According to Google Ngram Viewer ([6]), Izmir is a much more abundant spelling and aligns with the English alphabet. Ayıntaplı (talk) 17:41, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]