İzmir

İzmir

İzmir ranks 405th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kumamoto Prefecture, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Oviedo. Memorable people born in İzmir include Polycarp, Édouard Balladur, and Vahide Perçin. Memorable people who died in İzmir include Ruhi Sarıalp, Tigran Chukhajian, and Carl Humann. İzmir has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players and the death place of many writers, and athletes. İzmir is located in Türkiye.

İzmir is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had a population of 2,938,292, while İzmir Province had a total population of 4,493,242. Its built-up area was home to 3,264,154 inhabitants. It extends along the outlying waters of the Gulf of İzmir and inland to the north across the Gediz River Delta; to the east along an alluvial plain created by several small streams; and to slightly more rugged terrain in the south. İzmir's climate is Mediterranean. Read more on Wikipedia