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Area: 3.505 km² , Population: 1.206.085
GENERAL INFORMATION
Kocaeli is the city that takes place on the highway and railroad connecting Istanbul to Anatolia. The name of the city was Nicomedeia in the times of Roman Empire. Today it is a very industrial center for Turkey.
The Saatçi Ali Efendi Mansion in the city, which is a very interesting example of 18th century Ottoman Civil Architecture, had been restorated and now being used as Ethnography Museum.
"Pişmaniye" which is the local dessert of kocaeli is made by giving the sugar the shape of fibre.
Hereke, which is a district at the east side of Kocaeli is a very important carpet production center. The carpets of Hereke are very famous all around the world for their beauty and high quality. These carpets are the most expensive carpets of the Istanbul Carpet Markets.
Kerpe, Kefken and Kovanağzı, at the north of Kocaeli near Black Sea, are places that ecstatic places with their sores and small and comfortable hotels.
HOW TO GET
Highway: The most dense highway network of Turkey is the route between İstanbul - Adapazarı - Kocaeli. It is possible to reach to the Inter - City Bus Station by public busses and dolmush.
Marilines: There are ferry lines between Karamürsel and Hereke, and between Gebze - Eskihisar and Yalova - Topçular.
Railway: Kocaeli takes place on the railway network that connects Istanbul to Anatolia.
Airport: The nearest airport to Kocaeli is Istanbul Atatürk Airport.
DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT
- Visiting the Ethnography Museum (İzmit), Gayret Boat Museum (İzmit), Osman Hamdi Bey House and Museum ve Müzesi (Eskihisar - Gebze)
- Visiting the Bird Heaven and the Thermal Park (Darıca -Bayramoğlu - Gebze )
- Eating trout in Maşrukiye, yogurt in Kandıra and tasting the pişmaniye and saray helvah.
- Purchasing Hereke Silk Carpet, and Karamürsel basket.
ESKIHISAR OSMAN HAMDI BEY MUSEUM
It had been constructed as a complex consisting of the mansion, painting hall, and boathouse by Turkish Painter and art collector Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910) at 1884, at Gebze Eskihisar. The flower paintings on the doors, which he had drawn between 1901 - 1903, of the mansion have the value of painting. The painter had drawn his most famous paintings here, during the 26 years he lived here. The mansion had been restorated in 1984. It is being used as a museum since from the date of 19.08.1987, in which the paintings, photographs, and reproductions of Osman Hamdi Bey.
SHEEP PROMENADE
Kuzuyayla when you reach to Kuzu Yayla, by taking the road full of pine, beech, and lime trees, and colorful flowers, you can observe how the fresh air, panoramic sightseeing, and wild nature are blended. It is a mountain that has a sea view. Kelpeze region here is an other beautiful place which the visitors can make use of both in summer and in winter.
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