I really wonder where you obtain the information from that Smyrna once was a Greek city. Izmir or with its ancient name 'Smyrna' had never been a Greek city but Turkish, either in Ottoman with its large Anotolian Greek (Rum) population or in modern Turkey. The modern state of Greece itself came into existence on 25 March 1831 after 400 years of Ottoman rule. ..A Guest at the moment..