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2 years ago | faqabout

Why did they call Izmir Smyrna?

It is thought that the presence of a sanctuary near the place where the city was founded was influential in the use of the word Smyrna. It is claimed that this sanctuary is the Halkapınar spring and the lagoon formed by this spring.

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