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Balaban, İzmit
Balaban is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kartepe, Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,326 (2022). Geography Balaban is located in the Samanlı Mountain range, on the slopes of Kartepe mountain. It is at the south side of the city of İzmit, Kocaeli Province, on the hillside of Kartepe Mountain between Büyük Derbent and Suadiye towns. It is 24 km from the center of city and 2.5 km from the nearest town, Büyük Derbent. History The first settlements date back to ancient times. There are only some materials founded on the village area from Astakos from 712 BCE and also as the inhabitants called as ''Subaşı'' area, there are some tunnels and cisterns founded supposedly belonged to Byzantine Empire periods. Also on the farm place at east side of village, as inhabitants call ''Taşlı Tarla'' (en: stony field) there are many materials founded like a piece of valve, keramik pots etc. As a folk story, they belong to "missing mountain" w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kartepe
Kartepe is a town and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. The mayor is Şükrü Karabalık ( AKP). Geography Kartepe (literally Snowy hill referring to mountains to the south) is situated at to the east of Kocaeli Gulf. It is almost merged to İzmit, the province center and it included in Greater Kocaeli (see Metropolitan centers in Turkey). Kartepe Mountains are to the south and Sapanca Lake is to the east of Kartepe. The urban population of Kartepe is 85847 as of 2010. History Kartepe, then known as Köseköy, was founded in 1600s. After the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey agreement, Turks from Greece were settled in Köseköy in 1920s. Later people from Black Sea 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 int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
