Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nhasi, nhamba dzevaLevantine hadzina kujeka. Kunofungidzirwa kuti kune vaLevantine vanenge 100-150 muIzmir. Mumwe fungidziro inotaura kuti nhamba yacho mazana. Zvisinei, nhamba yacho inogona kuva yakakwirira nemhaka yemitemo yokubatanidza yehurumende dzechiTurkey dzorudzi-Kemalist, kutendeukira kuchiIslam nemhaka yokutya pashure pokunge vaGiriki vapinda muTurkey, uye kutendeukira kuchiIslam nemhaka yokutya pashure pokunge vaGreece vapinda muTurkey.
uye kuparadza rudzi kwevaArmenia, kana kuti kuroorana kwevanhu vakasiyana. Muhurukuro yezvinyorwa pamusoro pevaLevantines veIzmir (Bazıları Onlara Levanten Diyor), vaLevantines vanozviti 'vaKristu veTurkey' uye vanoti havasi kufara kunzi vaLevantines.