Gebze

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Gebze ( ancient name: Libyssa; ancient Greek: Λίβυσσα; old name Gekbuze, Ghviza, Gavize, Gebize, in German notation Dschebse ( Gebze ), Dschebize ( Gebize ) ) is a Turkish industrial city on the Sea of ​​Marmara in the province of Kocaeli.

Gebze is now on the Asian outskirts of Istanbul. In the vicinity of the city there are numerous industrial plants that have been especially since the 1990s, constantly expanding.

In the near Gebze are the Istanbul excursion places Tuzla and Darıca. In Darıca one finds the only zoo in Istanbul.

In the year 183 BC, Hannibal committed suicide in Gebze, to escape capture by the Romans. In the nearby town Hünkar Cayre died in 1481 Sultan Mehmet II Fatih, the conqueror of Constantinople.

Attractions

• Mosques: Sultan Orhan Camii
• Ilyas Bey Camii
• Mustafa Pasa Camii ve Çoban Külliyesi
• Merdivenli Cami
• Med Pasha Camii
• Çarşı Camii
• Sultan Hamid Camii
• Yalı Camii

• Fountains Hünkar Cesmesi
• İbrahim Paşa Cesmesi ( Çarşı Cesmesi )
• Mustafa Paşa Çoban Şadırvanı
• Eskihisar Cesmesi

• Castles Eskihisar Kalesi ( Nikeiata ): was built in the Byzantine period of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos
• Darıca Kalesi ( Tararionburg )

• Museums Osman Hamdi Bey Museum

Education

• Gebze Institute of Technology Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü