Izmit
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Ciftci said the attackers had come to Istanbul from the city of Izmit by rental car and that two of them were brothers.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
For Ms. Tercan, seeing footage 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 • Feb. 8, 2023
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 • Feb. 8, 2023
In 1999, a tremor of similar magnitude devastated Izmit and the heavily populated eastern Marmara Sea region near Istanbul, killing more than 17,000.
From Reuters • Feb. 6, 2023
The Turkey-flagged Polarnet docked at Derince port in the Gulf of Izmit after setting off from Chornomorsk on Aug. 5 laden with 12,000 tons of corn.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2022
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