Gebze
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Kocaeli | |||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 48 ' N , 29 ° 26' E | |||
| Residents : | 299,047 (2011) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 262 | |||
| Postal code : | 41 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 41 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2012) | ||||
| Mayor : | Adnan Köşker ( AKP ) | |||
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| Gebze district | ||||
| Residents : | 314,122 (2011) | |||
| Surface: | 584 km² | |||
| Population density : | 538 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Salih Karabulut | |||
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Gebze (ancient name Libyssa ; ancient Greek Λίβυσσα; ancient names Gekbuze , Ghviza , Gavize , Gebize ) is a Turkish industrial city on the Marmara Sea in the province of Kocaeli .
location
Gebze is now on the Anatolian outskirts of Istanbul . There are numerous industrial plants in the vicinity of the city, which have been constantly expanded, especially since the 1990s.
The Istanbul excursion destinations Tuzla and Darıca are close to Gebze. The only zoo in Istanbul can be found in Darıca.
history
In 183 BC Chr. Committed Hannibal in Gebze suicide to escape a capture by the Romans. Sultan Mehmet II. Fatih , the conqueror of Constantinople, died in the nearby town of Hünkar Çayre in 1481 .
On July 13, 1920, a battle between British troops and Turkish nationalists took place here, in which the 20th Hussars rode the last cavalry attack in a closed regimental formation.
Mosques
- Sultan Orhan Camii
- İlyas Bey Camii
- Çoban Mustafa Paşa Camii ve Külliyesi
- Merdivenli Cami
- Pertev Paşa Camii
- Çarşı Camii
- Sultan Hamid Camii
- Yalı Camii
Well systems
- Hünkar Çeşmesi
- İbrahim Paşa Çeşmesi (Çarşı Çeşmesi)
- Çoban Mustafa Paşa Şadırvanı
- Eskihisar Çeşmesi
Castles
- Eskihisar Kalesi (Nikeiata). The castle was in the Byzantine period of Emperor I. Manuel Komnenos built
- Darıca Kalesi (Tararionburg)
Museums
- Osman Hamdi Bey Museum
education
The Gebze Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü Technical University was founded in 1992.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 21, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed June 19, 2012
- ↑ www.layline.de ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Turkey . Droemer-Knaur, 1987, ISBN 3-426-26293-2 , p. 324
