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| Country |  Turkey |
| Region | Marmara |
| Province | Kocaeli |
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| - Total | 5 km² (1. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The provinces of Turkey are organized into 7 census-defined regions ( bölge) which were originally defined at the First Geography Congress in 1941 Turkey is divided into 81 provinces called iller in Turkish (singular is il, see Turkish alphabet for capitalization of i Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (328 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| - Total | 3,000 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 41xxx |
| Area code(s) | (+90) 262 |
| Licence plate | 41 |
Balaban is a village on the hillside of Kartepe mountain near İzmit, Kocaeli province, Turkey. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Eastern European Time ( EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Daylight saving time ( DST Eastern European Summer Time ( EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 Time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Turkish car number plates are License plates found on Turkish vehicles İzmit (ancient Nicomedia) is a city in Turkey, administrative center of Kocaeli Province as well as the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Kocaeli is a province of Turkey. Its capital is İzmit, which is sometimes referred to as Kocaeli itself Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches
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Geography
Balaban, located in the Kocaeli Region’s Samanlı Mountain range, on the slopes of Kartepe mountain. It is at the south side of İzmit city, Kocaeli province, on the hillside of Kartepe mountain between Büyük Derbent and Suadiye towns. İzmit (ancient Nicomedia) is a city in Turkey, administrative center of Kocaeli Province as well as the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Kocaeli is a province of Turkey. Its capital is İzmit, which is sometimes referred to as Kocaeli itself It is 24 km. far from the center of city and 2. 5 km. from from the nearest town Büyük Derbent. Map coordinations are 40° 42° North parallels and 30° 10° East meridians.
History
The first settlements date back to ancient times. There are only some meterials founded on the village area from Astakos from 712 BCE and also as the inhabitants called as Subaşı area, there are some tunnels and cisterns founded supposedly belonged to Byzantine Empire periods. [1]
Also on the farm place at east side of village, as inhabitants call Taşlı Tarla (en: stony field) there are many meterials founded like a piece of valve, keramik pots etc. As a folk story, they belong to "missing mountain" where was overthrown at the big earthquake which happens every 100 years around İzmit on a civilization living there. İzmit (ancient Nicomedia) is a city in Turkey, administrative center of Kocaeli Province as well as the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality But its origins are still unknown and there is no academic research about them yet. [2][3]
Very well known story of Balaban began at the first quarter of 19th century. Balaban's area known as "Balaban's ranch" where was about 5000 m² (1000 m²=1/4 acre). At that time a Muslim judge Fevzi Efendi bought these all ranch, and brought his family living in Batum in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). Batumi (ბათუმი formerly Batum or Batoum) is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and Capital of Adjara, an Autonomous The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 had its origins in a rise in nationalism in the Balkans as well as in the Russian goal of recovering territorial losses it had suffered With this big migration until 1880, they began to settle down around the area and they created today's Balaban Village.
Economy
The hills and lower sides of Kartepe mountain (1606 m. ) is very well formed for farming. Inhabitants mostly growing-selling fruits or living there as summer place. "Balaban's Cherry" is very famous, there are many cheery trees in all gardens, but also apple, pear, chestnut, walnut trees are growing too. Stockbreeding is very low, growing vegetables are just for themselves.
After 1995, an American couple began to built Kartepe Ski Establishment and Hotel, Balaban turned it faces to tourism and also many summer sites built low side of the mountain. Around that time Kocaeli Univercity Tourism and Career Achademy was founded in Büyük Derbent with its career hotel that brings tourism activity to the area. Anyhow, hill sides of the mountain are still virgin, inhabitants keep caring the area included the historical places and forest, but lower side is totally different now as it's 10 years ago.
Arrival
Sabiha Gökçen Airport in istanbul on Anatolia side is about 50 km (31 mi) far from Balaban. Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is one of the Airports serving Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey
By car, the map below will smoothly guide to Balaban. Coming from İstanbul way get off the TEM highway (E-80) from the İzmit (East turnstile - Dogu turnike) exit, which is right after the İzmit-Kandıra-Otogar exit. Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey Follow the Adapazarı sign, then the Uzunçiftlik turn, which is just 400 m. Adapazarı is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of Sakarya Province. ahead. The next two turns are the Kartepe-Sapanca sign, followed by the Büyük Derbent intersection by overlook the Kartepe sign and move straight on. The distance between the Uzunçiftlik turn to Büyük Derbent on move on. Balaban is just 2. 5 kilometers.
Coming from Ankara way on the TEM highway (E-80), exit from the Sapanca turnstile, which is right after the Adapazarı exit, and turn left towards İzmit. Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul. Follow the sings to Büyük Derbent then Balaban.
Coming from Bursa way, Ignore the Bursa-İznik-Meceke-Arifiye-Sapanca-Maşukiye and Bursa-Yalova-Karamürsel-Gölcük turns and follow the Ankara sign on the D 100 road (Old E-5). After 6 kilometers, on the Uzunçiftlik intersection, turn right towards the Kartepe-Sapanca direction and follow this road until Büyük Derbent.
By bus, come to İzmit by bus (Asyatur or Efetur), the İzmit Büyükşehir Belediyesi Büyük Derbent-Balaban Koop. Minibuses –located across the İzmit Halkevi- running every 20 minutes.
By train, the Haydarpaşa-Adapazarı Express train coming from İstanbul, passes near Büyük Derbent. The 3rd stop after İzmit Railway Station the train makes a stop on the Büyük Derbent Railway Station, which is adjacent to Balaban Village. This express train makes 12 passes through Balaban every day. A cab from the station to Balaban Village about 1 YTL.
References
- ^ Akgun, Mustafa, Research "Kartepe Dagindaki Yerleşim Kültürü", Büyük Derbent Turizm and Career Academy, 2002
- ^ Doç. Dr. Çalık Ayşe ROSS: Kelenderis Antik Kenti Tiyatrosu, Conference notes, November 13 2006
- ^ Prof. Dr. ÖKSE A. Tuba, Salat Tepe Kazıları: 3500 yıl öncesine ait bir deprem enkazı, Conference notes, November 13 2006
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