Turkey
Kocaeli Province
Gölcük İlçesi

Gölcük

Gölcük, historically known as Diolkides, is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 217 km2, and its population is 175,940.
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  • Type: Town with 163,000 residents
  • Description: town of Kocaeli Province in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Goelcuek” and “Gölcük, Kocaeli”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gölcük Naval Base and Körfez Circuit.

Military installation
is the main base of the Turkish Navy on the east coast of the Sea of Marmara in Gölcük, . It is the principal base for logistic support with various facilities stretched over 1,800 acres of land.

İzmit is a motor sports race track about 17 km west of , in Körfez district of , . Sponsored by the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation and built by the Istanbul Motorsports Club, it was inaugurated in 1993 as the first asphalted race track in Turkey. is situated 4½ km northwest of Gölcük.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Derince and Körfez.

Town
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is a seaport, municipality and district of , . Its area is 198 km2, and its population is 146,374. The mayor is Sertif Gökçe. is situated 4½ km north of Gölcük.

Town
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, formerly known as Elaia, or Elaea, is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 301 km2, and its population is 178,048. is situated 6 km northwest of Gölcük.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Gölcük

Latitude
40.7169° or 40° 43′ 1″ north
Longitude
29.8196° or 29° 49′ 11″ east
Population
163,000
Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TR GOK
Open location code
8GGFPR89+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 251431533
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
746666
Wiki­data ID
Q27162
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Gölcük” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غولجوك”
  • Arabic: “كلجك”
  • Arabic: “كُلْجُك”
  • Armenian: “Գյոլջյուկ”
  • Armenian: “Գյոլջյուք”
  • Asturian: “Gölcük”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gölcük”
  • Bashkir: “Күлсек”
  • Belarusian: “Гёльджук”
  • Catalan: “Gölcük”
  • Cebuano: “Geulzuk”
  • Cebuano: “Gölcük”
  • Chechen: “Гоьлджуьк”
  • Chinese: “Gölcük”
  • Chinese: “格尔居克”
  • Chinese: “格爾居克”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Gölcük”
  • Dutch: “Golcuk”
  • Dutch: “Gölcük”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جولكوك”
  • Esperanto: “Gölcük”
  • French: “Gölcük”
  • Gagauz: “Gölcük”
  • German: “Gölcük”
  • Gilaki: “گؤلجۊک”
  • Greek: “Γκιόλτζουκ”
  • Hungarian: “Gölcük”
  • Irish: “Gölcük”
  • Italian: “Gölcük”
  • Japanese: “ギョルジュク”
  • Japanese: “ゴルジュク”
  • Korean: “괼쥐크”
  • Lithuanian: “Gočukas”
  • Malay: “Gölcük (Daerah)”
  • Malay: “Gölcük (District)”
  • Malay: “Gölcük”
  • Mazanderani: “گولجوک”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gölcük”
  • Northern Luri: “گولچوک”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gölcük”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gölcük i Kocaeli”
  • Norwegian: “Gölcük”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gölcük”
  • Persian: “گلجوک”
  • Persian: “گولجوک”
  • Persian: “گولچوک”
  • Polish: “Golcuk”
  • Polish: “Gölcük”
  • Portuguese: “Gölcük”
  • Russian: “Гельджюк”
  • Russian: “Гёльджюк”
  • Serbian: “Голџук”
  • Silesian: “Gölcük”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گولجوک”
  • Swahili: “Gölcük (District)”
  • Swahili: “Gölcük, Kocaeli”
  • Tatar: “Гөлҗүк”
  • Turkish: “Gölcük”
  • Ukrainian: “Гелджюк”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґьольджюк”
  • Urdu: “گولجوک، قوجائلی”
  • Vietnamese: “Gölcük, Kocaeli”
  • Vietnamese: “Gölcük”
  • Western Mari: “Гӧльджӱк”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع گولچوک”
  • “Gölcük”

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