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Akçaray
Akçaray is the tramway line serving in İzmit, which is a city in the province of Kocaeli, Turkey with a population of 367,990. Izmit and Kocaeli are part of Turkey's industrial heartland situation to the east of Istanbul and on the north coast of the Marmara Sea. It has the distinction of being the first and currently the only tramway line in the district of Kocaeli and one of two mass transit lines with the construction of the Gebze Metro. History The first tender for the preparation of Akçaray implementation projects was held in January 2014. In the following days, a public vote on the name and color of the tramway line was announced by the Kocaeli Metropolitan and Izmit Municipalities. A tramway wagon was brought to the Anıtpark Square in İzmit and showcased by drawing electricity with a cable. The tender for the construction of the line was held on May 20, 2015. The general contracting firm Gülermak won the tender for 113 million 990 thousand TL. The groundbreaking cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ä°zmit
İzmit () is a municipality and the capital Districts of Turkey, district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 480 km2, and its population is 376,056 (2022). The capital of Kocaeli Province, it is located at the Gulf of İzmit in the Sea of Marmara, about east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia. Kocaeli Province (including rural areas) had a population of 2,079,072 inhabitants in 2022, of whom approximately 1.2 million lived in the largely urban İzmit City metro area made up of Kartepe, Başiskele, Körfez, Kocaeli, Körfez, Gölcük, Kocaeli, Gölcük, Derince and Sapanca (in Sakarya Province). Unlike other provinces in Turkey, apart from Istanbul, the whole province is included within the municipality of the metropolitan center. İzmit was known as Nicomedia () and Ólbia () in antiquity, and was the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire between 286 and 324, during the Tetrarchy introduced by Diocletian. Following Constantine the Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
