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Fevziye mosque & minaret *©Abdullah Kiyga - panoramio
İzmit

Kocaeli is a city in northwestern Turkey. The city is in the Marmara Region. In 2013, 1,676,202 people lived there. The city was badly damaged and many people died in the 1999 İzmit earthquake.


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  • Sokrates büstü

    Bust of Socrates at the Kocaeli Museum in İzmit

  • İZMİT CLOCK TOWER20200916 (cropped)

    İzmit Clock Tower

  • Şükrü Ali, Salih, Mustafa Kemal, İsmail Hakkı and Muzaffer at Izmit

    Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (middle) in İzmit, June 1922

  • Kasr-ı Hümayun

    The Kasr-ı Hümayun in İzmit is a hunting pavilion built by the Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz (r. 1861–1876)

  • Kocaeli T.C. Central Bank k'yg* - panoramio

    Kocaeli Central Bank Building

  • Kocaeli Basın Müzesi

    Kocaeli Press Museum

  • Pembe Köşk (Kocaeli)

    An old mansion in İzmit

  • Geology & ethnography museum of izmit *©Abdullah Kiyga - panoramio

    İzmit Ethnography Museum

  • Atatürk ve Redif Müzesi

    Atatürk and Redif Museum

  • Osman-Gazi-Bridge-620x410

    Osman Gazi Bridge on the Gulf of İzmit is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.

  • İZMİT CLOCK TOWER 3 20200916

    İzmit Clock Tower, with the Mimar Sinan Bridge and the coastal highway seen in the background.

  • Mimar Sinan köprüsü

    Mimar Sinan Bridge in İzmit

  • Old railway station & (restored) *©Abdullah Kiyga - panoramio

    A historic railway station in Izmit

  • Ferry at the Gulf of Izmit

    A ferry at the Gulf of İzmit

  • Historical school yenituran *©Abdullah Kiyga - panoramio

    A pre-school building in İzmit

  • Fevziye Cami

    Fevziye Mosque

  • Izmit clock tower saat kulesi k'yg* - panoramio

    İzmit Clock Tower

  • Izmit saat kulesi (4)

    İzmit Clock Tower

  • Pertev Paşa Cami

    Pertev Paşa Mosque

  • Kasr-ı Hümayun

    Kasr-ı Hümayun

  • Demiryolu caddesi

    A view from İzmit's Demiryolu Avenue

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: İzmit para niños

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