Brand von Izmir

Burning of Smyrna - fire (13–22 Sept. 1922) that destroyed much of Smyrna/İzmir, soon after Turkey recaptured the city (9 Sept.) from Greece. Article “Brand von Izmir” in German Wikipedia has 35 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 14 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (German) language version.

Since the creation of article “Brand von Izmir”, its content was written by 53 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 805 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 52 times in German Wikipedia and cited 1739 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (German): #613 in April 2013
• Global: #11574 in October 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (German): #2619 in September 2016
• Global: #22920 in September 2022

There are 25 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Burning of Smyrna		97.1025
2	Chinese (zh) 士麥那大火		88.2479
3	Romanian (ro) Marele incendiu din Smirna		85.4917
4	Spanish (es) Incendio de Esmirna		80.9797
5	Czech (cs) Velký požár Smyrny		78.02
6	Russian (ru) Резня в Смирне		54.2172
7	Arabic (ar) حريق إزمير		52.7719
8	Polish (pl) Wielki pożar Smyrny		42.4181
9	Greek (el) Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης		40.5992
10	Vietnamese (vi) Đại hỏa hoạn Smyrna		39.8259

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Brand von Izmir" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Burning of Smyrna		1 471 439
2	Greek (el) Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης		627 091
3	Russian (ru) Резня в Смирне		471 469
4	Turkish (tr) 1922 İzmir Yangını		302 009
5	German (de) Brand von Izmir		117 183
6	French (fr) Incendie de Smyrne		64 155
7	Italian (it) Incendio di Smirne		58 125
8	Polish (pl) Wielki pożar Smyrny		54 826
9	Romanian (ro) Marele incendiu din Smirna		12 618
10	Spanish (es) Incendio de Esmirna		10 866

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Brand von Izmir" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Burning of Smyrna		8 896
2	Russian (ru) Резня в Смирне		2 579
3	Turkish (tr) 1922 İzmir Yangını		1 959
4	Greek (el) Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης		1 925
5	German (de) Brand von Izmir		519
6	Italian (it) Incendio di Smirne		503
7	Chinese (zh) 士麥那大火		427
8	French (fr) Incendie de Smyrne		380
9	Spanish (es) Incendio de Esmirna		295
10	Polish (pl) Wielki pożar Smyrny		231

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Brand von Izmir" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Burning of Smyrna		392
2	Russian (ru) Резня в Смирне		64
3	Turkish (tr) 1922 İzmir Yangını		64
4	Greek (el) Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης		57
5	German (de) Brand von Izmir		53
6	Ukrainian (uk) Різанина в Смірні		23
7	Italian (it) Incendio di Smirne		22
8	French (fr) Incendie de Smyrne		18
9	Armenian (hy) Զմյուռնիայի աղետ (1922)		18
10	Polish (pl) Wielki pożar Smyrny		15

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Brand von Izmir" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Burning of Smyrna		2
2	Arabic (ar) حريق إزمير		0
3	Bulgarian (bg) Голям пожар в Смирна		0
4	Czech (cs) Velký požár Smyrny		0
5	German (de) Brand von Izmir		0
6	Greek (el) Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης		0
7	Spanish (es) Incendio de Esmirna		0
8	Persian (fa) آتش‌سوزی سمورنا		0
9	Finnish (fi) Smyrnan suuri palo		0
10	French (fr) Incendie de Smyrne		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Brand von Izmir" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Burning of Smyrna		509
2	Turkish (tr) 1922 İzmir Yangını		322
3	Russian (ru) Резня в Смирне		176
4	French (fr) Incendie de Smyrne		156
5	Italian (it) Incendio di Smirne		80
6	Portuguese (pt) Grande incêndio de Esmirna		70
7	Greek (el) Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης		69
8	Arabic (ar) حريق إزمير		67
9	Armenian (hy) Զմյուռնիայի աղետ (1922)		54
10	German (de) Brand von Izmir		52

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic حريق إزمير
bg	Bulgarian Голям пожар в Смирна
cs	Czech Velký požár Smyrny
de	German Brand von Izmir
el	Greek Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης
en	English Burning of Smyrna
es	Spanish Incendio de Esmirna
fa	Persian آتش‌سوزی سمورنا
fi	Finnish Smyrnan suuri palo
fr	French Incendie de Smyrne
hy	Armenian Զմյուռնիայի աղետ (1922)
id	Indonesian Kebakaran Besar Smyrna
it	Italian Incendio di Smirne
ka	Georgian სმირნის ხოცვა-ჟლეტა
ko	Korean 스미르나 대화재
nl	Dutch Grote brand van Smyrna
pl	Polish Wielki pożar Smyrny
pt	Portuguese Grande incêndio de Esmirna
ro	Romanian Marele incendiu din Smirna
ru	Russian Резня в Смирне
sr	Serbian Пожар у Смирни
tr	Turkish 1922 İzmir Yangını
uk	Ukrainian Різанина в Смірні
vi	Vietnamese Đại hỏa hoạn Smyrna
zh	Chinese 士麥那大火

Best Rank

German: #2619 09.2016

Global: #22920 09.2022

Best Rank

German: #613 04.2013

Global: #11574 10.2022

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