Books set in Izmir, Turkey

Smyrna before and during 1922: a Greek villager’s Anatolia lost, and the burning of a cosmopolitan port.

1 place, 2 books,

Izmir

2008
Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 Le Paradis perdu : 1922, la destruction de Smyrne la tolérante
Giles Milton · history · 2008
1922: the burning of Smyrna, port of Greeks, Armenians, Turks and Levantine merchants.
1962
Farewell Anatolia Terres de sang
Dido Sotiriou · novel · 1962
1900s–1922: a Greek villager near Smyrna, from Ottoman peace to the city in flames.

Updated October 2026