Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - İzmir ta karbi bakuncin Wasannin Bahar Rum a 1971 da Wasannin Jami'o'in Duniya (Universiade) a 2005. A watan Maris na 2008, İzmir ya gabatar da tayin ga BIE don karɓar bakuncin Expo na Duniya na 2015
, amma Milan ta lashe, Italiya.