Strobilos (Bithynia)

Çiftlikköy District is a district of the Yalova Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Çiftlikköy. Its area is 136 km2, and its population is 50,974 (2022).

Çiftlikköy is a town in Yalova Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is the seat of Çiftlikköy District. Its population is 43,547 (2022). The mayor is Ali Murat Silpagar (AKP).

Pratomysia was a Roman town of ancient Bithynia. Its name does not occur in ancient authors but is inferred from epigraphic and other evidence.Its site is located near Gacık, Asiatic Turkey.

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Anatolian High School (Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Anadolu Lisesi) is a four-year Anatolian High School located in Yalova, Turkey. The primary language of instruction is Turkish. The secondary foreign languages are German and English.

Yalova is a market-gardening town located in northwestern Turkey on the eastern coast of the Sea of Marmara. It is the seat of Yalova Province and Yalova District. Its population is 133,109 (2022). A largely modern town, it is best known for the spa resort at nearby Termal, a popular summer retreat for residents of Istanbul.Regular ferries connect Yalova with Istanbul via the Sea of Marmara. They are operated by İDO.

Yalova District (also: Merkez, meaning "central" in Turkish) is a district of the Yalova Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city of Yalova. Its area is 139 km2, and its population is 156,732 (2022).

Taşköprü (literally "stone bridge") is a coastal town (belde) in Çiftlikköy District of Yalova Province, Turkey. Its population is 4,271 (2022). Taşköprü is situated on a peninsula. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Çiftlikköy on the Turkish state highway D.575. Taşköprü was founded by a group of Turkish families from Bulgaria (which had recently gained independence) in 1902. The name of the settlement refers to a 400-year-old Ottoman bridge at the east of the town.

The Yalova Earthquake Monument (Turkish: Yalova Deprem Anıtı), aka 17 August 1999 Earthquake Monument (Turkish: 17 Ağustos 1999 Deprem Anıtı), is a monument to commemorate the victims of the 1999 İzmit earthquake in Yalova, Turkey. Situated in the 17 August Memorial Park in Yalova, it was opened at the first anniversary of the earthquake on August 17, 2000.

The Orhangazi Tunnel (Turkish: Orhangazi Tüneli), is a motorway tunnel located at Samanlı Mountains in Marmara Region as part of the Istanbul-Bursa Motorway O-5 in Turkey. Situated northeast of Orhangazi town between Laladere and Yeniköy villages on the province border of Yalova and Bursa, it is a twin-tube tunnel of length 3,586 and 3,591 m (11,765 and 11,781 ft) carrying three lanes of traffic in each direction. The construction works began on 15 February 2012, and are being carried out by Otoyol A.Ş., a consortium of Turkish Nurol, Özaltın, Makyol, Yüksel, Göçay and Italian Astaldi companies. The New Austrian Tunnelling method (NATM) was applied for the boring of the tunnel. Breakthrough in one of the tubes was achieved on 19 February 2014 after two years and four days of work. A related ceremony was held at site in presence of Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç and Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Lütfi Elvan on 3 March 2014. It is the longest motorway tunnel of Turkey. The tunnel's opening to traffic was in April 2016. Other tunnels on the route are the 1,192 and 1,303 m (3,911 and 4,275 ft)-long Selçukgazi Tunnel and the 1,556 and 1,653 m (5,105 and 5,423 ft)-long Belkahve Tunnel.

Kadıköy is a town (belde) in the Yalova District, Yalova Province, Turkey. Its population is 9,543 (2022). It is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south west of Yalova and at the midpoint of Armutlu Peninsula. The settlement was founded by an Ottoman kadı ("judge") . Hence it was named as Kadıköy ("Judge's village"). During Ottoman Empire most of the population was composed of Greeks. But according to Population exchange between Greece and Turkey agreement the Greek population was replaced by Turkish population from Greece. Refugees from Caucasus after the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) were also settled in the village. The village was declared a seat of township in 1991. Intensive farming such as green house farming and floriculture is the main economic activity of the town.

Karaca Arboretum is a private arboretum located in Yalova, Turkey. Opened in 1980, it was named after its owner Turkish businessman Hayrettin Karaca. It covers area of 13.5 ha (33 acres).

The 1894 Istanbul earthquake occurred in the Çınarcık Basin or Gulf of Izmit in the Sea of Marmara on 10 July at 12:24pm. The earthquake had an estimated Ms magnitude of 7.0. At least an estimated 1,349 people were killed in towns around the Gulf of Izmit such as Yalova, Sapanca and Adapazarı, and in Ottoman Constantinople (present day Istanbul). The main shock caused a tsunami 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) high.