For Lesvos you take the ferry from Ayvalık and this falls pretty much equidistant between Istanbul and Izmir.
If you fly you then have a 3 hour bus ride up to Ayvalık and it will depend on finding a suitable connection for your inbound flight and at a decent price too,so you need to do some research on that.
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