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Kartepe is a municipality and

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Kocaeli Province Kocaeli Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey and one of only three not to have the same official name as its capital, İzmit, which is thus also sometim ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its area is 301 km², and its population is 136,625 (2022). The mayor is Mustafa Kocaman ( AKP).

Geography

Kartepe (literally Snowy hill referring to mountains to the south) is situated at to the east of the

Gulf of İzmit Gulf of İzmit (), also referred to as İzmit Bay, is a bay at the easternmost edge of the Sea of Marmara, in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. The gulf takes its name from the city of İzmit. Other cities and towns around the bay are Gebze, Körfez, ...

. It is almost merged to

İzmit 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 ...

, the province center and it included in Greater Kocaeli (see Metropolitan centers in Turkey). Kartepe Mountains are to the south and Lake Sapanca is to the east of Kartepe.

Composition

There are 38

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in Kartepe District: * Acısu * Arslanbey * Ataevler * Ataşehir * Avluburun * Bakırlı * Balaban * Çepni * Derbent * Dumlupınar * Emekevler * Ertuğrul Gazi * Eşme * Eşmeahmediye * Fatih Sultan Mehmet * İbrikdere * İstasyon * Karatepe * Kartepe * Kazakburun * Kestanelik * Ketenciler * Köseköy * Maşukiye * Nusretiye * Pazarçayırı * Rahmiye * Sarımeşe * Sarımeşe Hürriyet * Serinlik * Şevkatiye * Şirinsulhiye * Suadiye * Sultaniye * Uzunbey * Uzunçiftlik * Uzuntarla * Yeşiltepe

History

Kartepe, then known as Köseköy, was founded in 1600s. After the

Population exchange between Greece and Turkey The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January 1923, by the governments of Greece and Turkey. It involv ...

agreement, Turks from

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were settled in Köseköy in 1920s. Later people from

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

coast were also settled around Köseköy. Being a part of industrial area the population increased and in 1970 it was declared a seat of township. In 2008 it was merged to nearby towns, renamed as Kartepe and became a district center of Kocaeli Province. The municipality of Kartepe is now an intracity municipality of Greater Kocaeli.Mayor's page
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Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station (), a.k.a. Topel Airport or formerly Cengiz Topel Air Base, is a Turkish Navy air station located east of İzmit in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. The airport is in joint use for military and civil. Restructured in 19 ...

is located in the district.

Economy

Industrial estates around Kartepe constitute the major revenue of the city. Another important sector is mountain tourism. Although Kartepe is founded in the low plains the mountains at the south serve as winter sports complex for nearby

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

citizens.

References

External links

District governor's site
{{Kartepe District Populated places in Kocaeli Province Districts of Kocaeli Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey