Gölcük, Kocaeli
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Gölcük is a city and district of
Kocaeli Province Kocaeli Province ( tr, Kocaeli ili, ) is a province of Turkey and one of only three not to have the same official name as its capital, İzmit, which is thus also sometimes called Kocaeli. The province is the successor of the Ottoman-era Sanjak ...
in the Marmara region of
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. The city is located at the northern gulf of Armutlu Peninsula on the coast of Gulf of İzmit, a branch of the
Sea of Marmara The Sea of Marmara,; grc, Προποντίς, Προποντίδα, Propontís, Propontída also known as the Marmara Sea, is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey. It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via t ...
, in the south of the province. It is the district, where the 1999 earthquake disaster happened. Gölcük is the location of one of the
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's main naval bases. Also,
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automobile plant is located in Gölcük. The mayor is Ali Yıldırım Sezer ( AKP).


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District governor's official website

District municipality's official website
Populated places in Kocaeli Province Populated coastal places in Turkey Districts of Kocaeli Province {{Kocaeli-geo-stub