What is Kocaeli Province?
'''Kocaeli Province''' is a province of [[Turkey]]. It does not have the same official name as its capital, [[İzmit]], which is sometimes called Kocaeli. The largest towns in the province are İzmit and [[Gebze]]. It is at the eastern end of the [[Sea of Marmara]] around the [[Gulf of İzmit]]. Kocaeli is next to the province of [[Province of Istanbul|Istanbul]] and the Marmara Sea to the west, the [[Black Sea]] to the north, the province of [[Sakarya]] to the east, the province of [[Bursa, Turkey|Bursa]] to the south and the province of [[Yalova]] to the southwest. Istanbul goes to the Kocaeli-Istanbul provincial border. The Bay of İzmit has extensive port facilities, including the [[Gölcük]] Naval Base. The province is called the [[Industrial|industrial capital]] of Turkey. Kocaeli has an airport named Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station which is used for military and civilian transport. Kocaeli has two universities: [[Kocaeli University]] and [[Gebze Technical University]]. [[Category:Kocaeli Province| ]]