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Recently transnational competition has been changed and given place to inter-city competition. Cities which are outcompete to be more livable, provide better services, try to attract domestic and international investments are characterized as competitive cities. The aim of this study is to present theorotical frame of inter-city competition that is accepted as a reality on the global scale and then discuss the competitive structure of Izmir. The reasons to choose Izmir example for study are besides Izmir is an important commercial and tourism city as regional, national and international; the thought of Izmir has importat values for competition with historical, cultural and natural wealth and by considering it has been a host city for many international organizations in the past, it has characteristics of an an experienced city

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