İzmit
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. Wikivoyage
Population 376,056 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Turkey
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Seka Mehmet Ali Kağıtçı Kağıt Müzesi Museum · 870 m -
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Kasr-ı Hümayün Av Köşkü Museum · 520 m -
TCG Gayret Museum · 730 m -
TCG Hızırreis Museum · 730 m - Gayret Gemi Müzesi Museum · 700 m
- Diocletian's Palace Ruins · 230 m
- Canfeda Hatun Çeşmesi Memorial · 310 m
- Atölye Sanat Evi Gallery · 330 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.