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İznik
İznik () is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 753 km2, and its population 44,236 (2022). The town is at the site of the ancient city of Nicaea, from which the modern name derives. The town lies in a fertile basin at the eastern end of Lake İznik, with ranges of hills to the north and south. As the crow flies, the town is only southeast of Istanbul but by road it is around the Gulf of İzmit. It is by road from Bursa.
Nicaea
Nicaea (also spelled Nicæa or Nicea, ; ), also known as Nikaia (, Attic: , Koine: ) or Nice ( or ), was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia.
Lake İznik
lake near İznik, Turkey
İznik pottery
type of decorated ceramic
Hagia Sophia, Iznik
Byzantine-era church in İznik, Turkey
Hacı Özbek Mosque
mosque in İznik, Bursa, northwestern Turkey