Izmit

American  

[iz-mit] / ɪzˈmɪt /

noun

1. a city in NW Turkey, on the E coast of the Sea of Marmara.

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Izmit British  

/ ˈɪzmɪt /

noun

1. a town in NW Turkey, on the Gulf of Izmit. Pop: 306 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The blast at a grain depot at the port of Derince on the northern shore of the Gulf of Izmit sent up plumes of thick smoke and dust.

From Seattle Times

The political party founded by Erdogan in 2001 came to power amid an economic crisis and the Izmit quake.

From Seattle Times

In 1999, Turkey was hit by a devastating earthquake in the northwestern city of Izmit that killed more than 17,000 people and damaged around 20,000 buildings.

From New York Times

The most recent large quakes in that sequence were the magnitude 7.6 Izmit earthquake of August 1999, which struck east of Istanbul and resulted in an estimated 17,000 deaths.

From Los Angeles Times

For Ms. Tercan, seeing video of people struggling amid the wreckage brought back vivid memories of her experiences as a survivor of the 1999 earthquake in Izmit, Turkey, in which more than 17,000 people died.

From New York Times