Finally , though , the ottomans and europeans - england , france and the netherlands , which were trading with eastern cities like istanbul , alexandria and smyrna - cracked down .
The young women that julia roberts became famous playing were all working-class women who were smart and funny , like the girl who grew up in smyrna , georgia , with her mother and sister , after her parents divorced .
Nissan in june was granted $ 1.6 billion in loans by the u. s. department of energy and said it plans to use the funds to build the capacity to make more than 1 00000 electric cars a year at its plant in smyrna , tenn. , by 2013 .
So far , the company has designated factories in oppama , japan , and smyrna , tennessee as initial production sites , although battery production will also take place in the uk and portugal .
They looked on passively as mustafa kemal ( later ataturk , republican turkey 's founder ) and his troops routed the greeks from anatolia and reoccupied smyrna , bent on revenge for greek atrocities in the city and further east .
On tuesday , nissan motor co.was granted $ 1.6 billion in loans by the u. s. department of energy and said it plans to use the funds to build the capacity to make more than 1 00000 electric cars a year at its plant in smyrna , tenn. , by 2013 .
With a sharp eye for detail and a deep understanding of the dynamics of traditional empires and societies , mr mansel describes izmir ( formerly smyrna ) , as it flourished before the first world war and alexandria in the days before the triumph of egyptian nationalism in the 1950s .