Kocaeli

Kocaeli Province (Turkish: Kocaeli ili, Turkish: [koˈdʒaeli]) is a province of Turkey and one of only three ot to have the same official name as its capital, İzmit, which is thus also sometimes called Kocaeli. The province is the successor of the Ottoman-era Sanjak of Kocaeli. The largest towns in the province are İzmit and Gebze. The traffic code is 41. The province is located at the easternmost end of the Sea of Marmara around the Gulf of İzmit. Kocaeli is bordered by the province of Istanbul …