Çiftlikköy District

Strobilos (Ancient Greek: Στρόβιλος) was a town of ancient Bithynia. It is not mentioned by any ancient authors, but appears in epigraphic and other evidence. Its site is located near Çiftlik in Asiatic Turkey.

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.

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).

Güneyköy is a village in the Yalova District of the Yalova Province in Turkey. Its population is 505 (2022). The village was founded in 1896 by immigrants from Dagestan. The first official name of the village was given as Almali or Elmaalani in 1899, as mentioned in the archives of the prime minister. While the name Almali was used, the name was changed to Reşadiye in 1910 after Sultan Mehmed V Reshad visited the village, was pleased by it, and had a memorial fountain built there. In 1934, it was named Güneyköy because of its location on the southernmost shore of Istanbul's borders. The village has three mosques, two official schools and a medrese. In 1919, it was invaded by the Greek Army during the Turkish War of Independence, and its inhabitants migrated to the Geyve and Adapazarı regions for three years. Only a portion of this population was able to return after the war. Sheikh Şerafeddin Dağıstanî and Abu Muhammad al-Madani of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Golden Chain are buried up in the cemetery of the village.

University of Yalova (Turkish: Yalova Üniversitesi) is a university in Turkey's Yalova Province. University of Yalova (UYA) has been founded under the Law no 5765 on May 22, 2008, and Prof. Dr. M. Niyazi Eruslu has been appointed as the first rector. The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and Vocational School of Higher Education of Yalova that had already been established and functioning as a constituent of Uludag University became a part of the recently founded university following the enactment of the law. The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of the university provides education at the undergraduate and provides postgraduate levels for students from foreign countries and from Turkey. The faculty offers academic programs that strive to teach administrative, entrepreneurial, and economical skills. It encourages providing, compiling, and publishing new sources of information in the field of economics and administrative sciences. Also the faculty contributes the business world through programs that aim at mastering efficiency and productivity. Newer departments include business administration (English), international relations (English), social service and labor economics - industrial relations have already been established. The Faculty of Law has also been founded and attempts to open new departments have been initiated. The faculty of engineering aims not only to impart contemporary engineering and scientific knowledge in the disciplines concerned, but also to inculcate creativity, research techniques, and self development. The undergraduate curriculum provides a firm background in the basic sciences through courses in computer science, chemistry, energy systems and polymer fields. In addition to faculties, Yalova University has a vocational school of higher education. The school of foreign languages aims to improve the students' language skills before they start their English-medium instruction. The school of foreign languages has a modular system in accordance with Common European Framework of Reference. Despite being a new built university, national and international conferences, symposiums were Ottoman Empire's Establishment Date Symposium organized by Yalova - Bilkent Universities and International VII.