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Başiskele, formerly known as Astacus, is a municipality and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 23 km 2 , [ 3 ] and its population is 116,650 (2022). [ 1 ] The mayor is Hüseyin Ayaz ( AK Party ).
Ankara, the capital of Turkey and its second-largest city, has a population of 5.7 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021. Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, has a population of over 4.3 million in its metropolitan area as of 2019. Bursa, Turkey's fourth-largest city, has a population of over 3.1 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021.
İzmit is the capital of the province of Kocaeli. Kocaeli Province (Turkish: Kocaeli ili, pronounced [koˈdʒaeli]) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey and one of only three not to have the same official name as its capital, İzmit, which is thus also sometimes called Kocaeli.
Astacus / ˈ æ s t ə k ə s / (Greek Ἀστακός Βιθυνίας) is an ancient city in Bithynia; it was also called Olbia / ˈ ɒ l b i ə /. Its site is located near the modern Başiskele . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The city is mostly built on hill slopes because of the cramped area, while flat plains surround the gulf, near the sea. This topographic structure divided the city into two parts. The first was created on flat plains, where the city center is located. The railway and highway networks pass from this area which is close to the Sea of Marmara.
Gebze (Turkish pronunciation:), formerly known as Libyssa, is a municipality and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 418 km 2, [3] and its population is 407,019 (2022). [1]
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The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (ilçeler; sing. ilçe).In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, [when?] the corresponding unit was the kaza.