'''?zmit''' is a big and a heavily industrialized city city in Marmara Region, Turkey, located east of Istanbul, at the very tip of long and narrow Gulf of ?zmit, that long indentation of the Sea of Marmara towards east. ?zmit is the capital of Kocaeli Province.
''Not to be confused with Izmir, spelled as ''?zmir'' in Turkish, which is the third largest city in Turkey and located on the shore of Aegean Sea.''
Get in
by train
Several daily regional expresses connect ?zmit with nearby Istanbul. The average price is about YTL 5.50/person. You can also book and buy a seat for long distance trains that leave Istanbul_fs Asian station for other (Asian) destinations. The cheapest ticket for such a train is YTL 3.75/person, the rate for ''Do?u Express''. The journey takes about 2 hours between Istanbul and ?zmit by rail.
by car
Both highways numbered D100 and O-4/E80 (toll-way) which connect Istanbul and Ankara, two biggest cities of Turkey, pass through or by the city. A drive from Istanbul should take no more than one hour, especially on the O-4/E80 which is of a better quality and avoids towns which D100 traverses all the way along.
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Telephone code of ?zmit is '''262''' (+90 262 when calling from out of Turkey).
Get out
Yalova and Bursa to the southwest; Central Anatolia to the southeast; Black Sea Region to the northeast.
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