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Eastern Marmara

Eastern Marmara is the portion of bounded by Istanbul to the northwest, the to the east, to the south, and the to the west.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Izmit and Adapazarı.

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İzmit is an industrial city in the Eastern Marmara region of Turkey, just over 100 km east of Istanbul. It's at the tip of the sword-like Gulf of İzmit, a long inlet of the Sea of Marmara, and in 2021 had a population of 367,990.

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is a city in the Eastern Marmara region of Turkey, 160 km east of Istanbul, and with a population in 2020 of 279,127. It's the chief city of a metropolis of just over a million population, which until 2000 was likewise named , but is now called Sakarya.

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is a city in the Eastern Marmara region of Turkey, with a population of 128,933 in 2020. It's a ferry port on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara and most visitors are just passing through; the main reason to linger is for the geothermal springs.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Iznik and Gebze.

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İznik is a town in the Eastern Marmara Region of Turkey, with a population of 22,507 in 2012. It stands at the east end of Lake İznik and is nowadays a quiet market town, but as ancient Nicaea was once a major cultural centre.

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is a city in Eastern Marmara, 65 km east of Istanbul. It's a sprawling industrial conurbation, with a population of 392,945 in 2020. Traditionally you came here to take the ferry from Eskihisar across the Gulf of Izmit towards Yalova and Bursa.

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is a town in the hills of Eastern Marmara Region in Turkey, with a population in 2020 of 17,924. It's a nondescript place amid cherry orchards and market gardens, and eyesore marble quarries and claypits.

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is a city in the Eastern Marmara region of Turkey, with a population in 2020 of 281,384. The cornerstone of tourism is Oylat Thermal Springs. It also has many historical buildings.

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is a town in the Eastern Marmara region of Turkey, in the valley of the Sakarya River, with a population in 2020 of 15,598. The reason to visit is for its old town, with many traditional buildings.

Eastern Marmara

Latitude of center
40.51° or 40° 30′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
29.91° or 29° 54′ 36″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q14214562
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In Other Languages

“Eastern Marmara” goes by many names.
  • Italian: “Marmara orientale”

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