Informatics Valley
IT Valley, formerly known as Silicon Valley of Turkey was a proposed project of Turkish architect Günay Erdem and Turkish landscape architect Sunay Erdem for the Turkish version of the Silicon Valley at San Francisco, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Yasin isa yildirim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Email: info@bilisimvadisi.com and info@bilisimvadisi.com.tr
- Type: Industry
- Description: technology development zone in Turkey
- Also known as: “IT Valley” and “Silicon Valley of Turkey”
- Address: Deniz Caddesi 143/5, Muallimköy, Muallimköy Mahallesi, Kocaeli, Gebze, 41400
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Osman Gazi Bridge and TEV İnanç Türkeş High School for Gifted Students.
Osman Gazi Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Erdmkiliic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Osman Gazi Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Gulf of İzmit at its narrowest point, 2,620 m. The bridge links the Turkish city of Gebze to the Yalova Province and carries the O-5 motorway across the gulf. Osman Gazi Bridge is situated 3½ km south of Informatics Valley.
TEV İnanç Türkeş High School for Gifted Students
School
Photo: Ademkader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Turkish Education Foundation İnanç Türkeş Private High School is an independent co-educational boarding high school located in Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey. It operates under the umbrella of the Turkish Education Foundation and accepts gifted and talented students through a tailored student selection process. TEV İnanç Türkeş High School for Gifted Students is situated 2 km west of Informatics Valley.
Çolakoğlu power station
Power station
Çolakoğlu power station is a 190-megawatt coal-fired power station in Turkey in Gebze, Kocaeli Province, which burns imported and local coal. The company called Marmara Elektrik is part of Çolakoğlu Group, and has been put on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List. Çolakoğlu power station is situated 2½ km southeast of Informatics Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diliskelesi and Kirazpınar.
Diliskelesi
Suburb
Diliskelesi is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Dilovası, Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its population is 10,910. It is a port on the north side of the Gulf of İzmit.
Kirazpınar
Suburb
Kirazpınar is a neighborhood in the district of Gebze, in the province of Kocaeli, Turkey. Its population is 12,363. Kirazpınar is bordered on the east by the Gebze neighborhood of Tavşanlı, on the south by the E80 Highway with the Gebze neighborhoods… Kirazpınar is situated 5 km northwest of Informatics Valley.
Güzeller
Suburb
Güzeller is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Gebze, Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Güzeller is situated 7 km west of Informatics Valley.
Informatics Valley
- Categories: park, technology center, and organization
- Location: Dilovası, Kocaeli Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
40.78673° or 40° 47′ 12″ northLongitude
29.50814° or 29° 30′ 29″ eastOpen location code
8GGFQGP5+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 845000493OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q20988515
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Informatics Valley” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “土耳其矽谷”
- Japanese: “ITバレー”
- Japanese: “トルコのシリコンバレー”
- Turkish: “Bilişim Vadisi”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Informatics Valley”. Photo: Yasin isa yildirim, CC BY-SA 4.0.