Izmir (Smyrna), which had a huge Greek population until 1922 and currently is the third biggest city of Turkey, always had an important role in the Aegean commerce of the Ottoman Empire. A plaque put in 2018 at the terminal of the Üçkaya port commemorates the fact that Lajos Kossuth left the Empire from Izmir on his was to England, after embarking from the Gallipoli Peninsula on the USS Mississippi. The governor was welcomed with great enthusiasm and interest.