What is İzmit?
[[Image: Fevziye mosque & minaret *©Abdullah Kiyga - panoramio.jpg|thumb|300px|right| İzmit ]] '''Kocaeli''' is a [[city]] in northwestern [[Turkey]]. The city is in the [[Marmara Region]]. In 2013, 1,676,202 people lived there. The city was badly damaged and many people died in the [[1999 İzmit earthquake]]. {{Cities of Turkey}} {{multistub|Asia|Europe}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Izmit}} [[Category:Cities in Turkey]] [[Category:Kocaeli Province]]