Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "İzmir" in English language version.
Timur... sacked Smyrna and massacred nearly all of its inhabitants
Tamerlane determined to conquer Smyrna... In December 1402, Smyrna was taken and destroyed, its Christian population massacred.
This was the second biggest slaughter of the Greek population of Smyrna since 1770, when after the Cesme sea battle, fanatic Muslims massacred 1, 500 Greeks.
In this riot some fifteen hundred Greeks are reported to have been killed and massive damage was done to the property of the Frankish merchant community
In Western Anatolia, both Old-Smyrna and Izmir display a degree of Mycenaean influence,...
In Western Anatolia, both Old-Smyrna and Izmir display a degree of Mycenaean influence,...
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