Kartepe
Sign in to save250px|thumb|right|Kartepe Historical Wisdom Mosque Kartepe is a municipality and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 301 km2, and its population is 136,625 (2022). The mayor is Mustafa Kocaman (AKP).
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Kartepe
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Kartepe Belediyesi.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Kartepe Municipality building
- Turkey place.image_map
- Kocaeli location Kartepe.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Kartepe District in Kocaeli Province
- Turkey place.province
- Kocaeli
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Mustafa Kocaman
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 301
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 10
- Turkey place.population_total
- 136625
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0262
- Turkey place.other_name
- Köseköy
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250px|thumb|right|Kartepe Historical Wisdom Mosque Kartepe is a municipality and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 301 km2, and its population is 136,625 (2022). The mayor is Mustafa Kocaman (AKP).
== Geography == Kartepe (literally Snowy hill referring to mountains to the south) is situated at to the east of the Gulf of İzmit. It is almost merged to İzmit, the province center and it included in Greater Kocaeli (see Metropolitan centers in Turkey). Kartepe Mountains are to the south and Lake Sapanca is to the east of Kartepe.