Record stores in Izmir

Izmir, Izmir has 2 record stores on the map. That's 2 record shops mapped around Izmir. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. Bring a want-list, but leave room for the find you didn't know you needed.

This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Izmir (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Ceyhun Plak and Ege Kitap ve Plak Evi. If a record shop's missing from Izmir's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Izmir record lineup

2 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Izmir

None of the 2 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Record shops keep fairly standard retail hours; daytime visits are a safe bet.

2 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.

The two mapped record stores sit on 35 Anafartalar Caddesi and 9/A Mahmut Esat Bozkurt Caddesi — close enough to make a single outing of it.

The Izmir record crawl

The efficient Izmir record crawl strings these together: Ceyhun Plak on 35 Anafartalar Caddesi and Ege Kitap ve Plak Evi on 9/A Mahmut Esat Bozkurt Caddesi — 2 stops, one logical order.

Record digging tips for Izmir

A few things worth knowing before you work through Izmir's record stores:

• Learn the grading at Ceyhun Plak. Mint, near mint, very good — and check whether the grade is visual or play-graded. A visual VG+ can play like an EX.
• Check for warps in the shop at Ege Kitap ve Plak Evi. Hold the record at eye level and sight along it. Warps that look minor at home look obvious in the store.
• Sleeves matter for value. Original inner sleeves, inserts, posters — completeness counts. A bare record in a generic sleeve is worth less.
• Learn to spot reissues. Reissues are cheaper and often sound great. Originals cost more for the history. Know which you're paying for.

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 record store in Izmir can take a while to appear. The 2 above are only as current as the community map. A record store that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.

We don't list prices or stock — both change by the day. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.

If you run one of the 2 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.