Send Flowers to Izmit, Turkey

Izmit is the centre of Kocaeli, the industrial province at the eastern end of the Sea of Marmara, east of Istanbul. Refineries, car plants, shipyards and technology parks line the gulf, and the motorways and railway that connect Istanbul with Ankara pass straight through.

The city climbs from a seafront park up steep hills, and many people commute to factories and offices along the coast. Kocaeli University has its main campus at Umuttepe above the city. Ancient Nicomedia stood on this spot, and today the town is known across Turkey for pismaniye, a sweet of fine pulled sugar threads sold in boxes at every roadside stop.

Engineers and managers from abroad work here on assignment, so flowers arrive at company offices as well as homes. Flower delivery in Izmit is next day, Monday to Saturday, when you order before midnight Turkish time, and a local florist prepares each arrangement by hand. There are no deliveries on Sundays or main public holidays.

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