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İzmit

Also known as Izmit, Nicomedia

İzmit is a city in north-western Turkey at the head of the Gulf of İzmit on the Sea of Marmara. As ancient Nicomedia it was capital of Bithynia and the eastern residence of Emperor Diocletian. Under the Ottomans it was a port and shipbuilding town, where the exiled Hungarian rebel Imre Thököly died in 1705. It is now an industrial centre.

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Principality of Upper Hungary

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). İzmit. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/izmit
MLA: “İzmit.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/izmit. Accessed .
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