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Kocaeli, located in Türkiye’s Marmara Region, is one of the key centers of trade and industry. Its proximity to Istanbul, extensive transportation networks, and natural harbor give it a strategic position. With a history extending back to the 8th century BCE, Kocaeli was known in antiquity as Nicomedia, the capital of the Kingdom of Bithynia. During the Ottoman period, it emerged as an important important trade center and rapidly expanded during the Republican era through industrialization, beco