Bookstores in Izmir
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Izmir, Izmir gives you 42 to judge by. That's 42 bookshops mapped around Izmir, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide. Staff picks shelves are the fastest way to read a shop's personality.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Izmir (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Kitapçı and Palme Kitabevi, plus Kitap Kırtasiye. If a bookshop's missing from Izmir's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Izmir bookstore lineup
42 mapped within about 40 km:
Kitapçı
Bookstore
Kitapçı is Bookstore.
Palme Kitabevi
Bookstore
Palme Kitabevi is Bookstore.
Kitap Kırtasiye
Bookstore
Kitap Kırtasiye — Bookstore.
Zafer Kırtasiye
Bookstore
Zafer Kırtasiye — Bookstore.
Artı
Bookstore
Artı is Bookstore on 142B Cumhuriyet Bulvarı, Izmir.
142B Cumhuriyet Bulvarı, Izmir, 35210
yakin
Bookstore
yakin is Bookstore.
Kırmızı Kedi
Bookstore
Kırmızı Kedi is Bookstore.
arma
Bookstore
arma is Bookstore on Atatürk Caddesi.
Atatürk Caddesi
D&R
Bookstore
D&R is Bookstore.
D&R
Bookstore
D&R is Bookstore.
İş Kültür Yayınları
Bookstore
İş Kültür Yayınları — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about İş Kültür Yayınları: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00
KitapX
Bookstore
KitapX — Bookstore.
Gama Kitabevi
Bookstore
Gama Kitabevi is Bookstore.
Kitapcı Başı
Bookstore
Kitapcı Başı — Bookstore, found on 42 853. Sokak in İzmir. Also worth knowing about Kitapcı Başı: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
42 853. Sokak, İzmir, 35250
Phone: +90 232 483 60 60
Kırmızıkedi
Bookstore
Kırmızıkedi — Bookstore.
Yapı Kredi Yayınları
Bookstore
Yapı Kredi Yayınları is Bookstore.
D&R
Bookstore
D&R is Bookstore.
Kelepir Kitap Kırtasiye
Bookstore
Kelepir Kitap Kırtasiye is Bookstore.
Mavi Kitabevi
BookstoreRun by Beytullah Karataş
Run by Beytullah Karataş, Mavi Kitabevi is Bookstore on 36/C Şevket Özçelik Sokak. Also worth knowing about Mavi Kitabevi: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
36/C Şevket Özçelik Sokak
Phone: +90 232 483 83 87
İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
Bookstore
İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları is Bookstore.
Remzi Kitabevi
Bookstore
Remzi Kitabevi — Bookstore.
Serüven Kitabevleri
Bookstore
Serüven Kitabevleri is Bookstore.
Ümit Kitabevi
Bookstore
Ümit Kitabevi is Bookstore.
İşler Kitabevleri
Bookstore
İşler Kitabevleri is Bookstore.
D&R
Bookstore
D&R is Bookstore.
Yerdeniz Kitapçısı
Bookstore
Yerdeniz Kitapçısı is Bookstore. Yerdeniz Kitapçısı also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00
Phone: +90 533 717 45 45
Kenar Kitabevi
Used bookstore
Kenar Kitabevi — Used bookstore.
Kırmızı Kedi
Bookstore
Kırmızı Kedi is Bookstore.
Pia Kitabevi
Bookstore
Pia Kitabevi — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Pia Kitabevi: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-23:00.
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-23:00
D&R
Bookstore
D&R is Bookstore.
Ferligül Sahaf
Bookstore
Ferligül Sahaf — Bookstore.
Yeşilyurt Kitabevi
Bookstore
Yeşilyurt Kitabevi is Bookstore.
Erdoğanlar Toptan Kitap Dağıtım
Bookstore
Erdoğanlar Toptan Kitap Dağıtım — Bookstore.
Fersuden Sahaf
Bookstore
Fersuden Sahaf — Bookstore.
Yavuz Kitabevi
Bookstore
Yavuz Kitabevi is Bookstore.
Pan
Bookstore
Pan is Bookstore.
Kül Kitabevi
Bookstore
Kül Kitabevi — Bookstore.
Doğan Kitabevi - Sahaf
Bookstore
Doğan Kitabevi - Sahaf — Bookstore on 3/F 1440. Sokak. Also worth knowing about Doğan Kitabevi - Sahaf: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 00:00-00:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
3/F 1440. Sokak, 35220
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 00:00-00:00
Phone: +90 232 422 28 62
Gaga Kitap - Sahaf
Bookstore
Gaga Kitap - Sahaf — Bookstore on 15/A 1440. Sokak. Also worth knowing about Gaga Kitap - Sahaf: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00; Su 13:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
15/A 1440. Sokak, 35220
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00; Su 13:00-17:00
Phone: +90 544 629 59 79
Dergi Rafı Kitabevi & Sahaf
Bookstore
Dergi Rafı Kitabevi & Sahaf is Bookstore.
Hermes Sahaf
Bookstore
Hermes Sahaf — Bookstore on 136. Sokak. Also worth knowing about Hermes Sahaf: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
136. Sokak
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-18:00
Phone: +90 532 468 07 29
Kırmızı Kedi
Bookstore
Kırmızı Kedi is Bookstore on 16/1 1379. Sokak, İzmir.
16/1 1379. Sokak, İzmir, 35220
What the map tells us about bookstores in Izmir
6 of the 42 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
The Izmir bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Kitapçı, Palme Kitabevi, Kitap Kırtasiye, Zafer Kırtasiye, Artı on 142B Cumhuriyet Bulvarı, yakin, Kırmızı Kedi, and arma on Atatürk Caddesi. That's 42 stops on the Izmir bookstore crawl. 34 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Izmir
The regulars' playbook for Izmir's bookshops:
- Note the shop's specialties at Kitapçı. Sci-fi, travel, art books, philosophy — every good shop leans somewhere. Find the lean that matches yours.
- Ask about the book club discount at Palme Kitabevi. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
- Check condition before you pay. Used books: check for missing pages, water damage, and cracked spines. A quick flip-through takes ten seconds.
- Learn your editions. A first edition, first printing is the collectible one. Booksellers will show you how to check the copyright page.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Izmir — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new bookstore in Izmir can take a while to appear. The 42 above are only as current as the community map. A bookstore that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't list prices — they change constantly and vary by edition. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers, in alphabetical order with no favourites.
If you run one of the 42 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Bookstore listings for Izmir: 42 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.