İznik

İznik is a municipality and district of Bursa Province in Turkey, covering an area of 753 square kilometers with a population of 44,236 as of 2022. The town occupies the site of the ancient city of Nicaea, from which its modern name derives, and lies in a fertile basin at the eastern end of Lake İznik, ringed by hills to the north and south; it is about 90 kilometers southeast of Istanbul as the crow flies and roughly 80 kilometers by road from Bursa. İznik has been the district center of Bursa Province since 1930, after belonging to Kocaeli province from 1923 to 1927 and to Yenişehir district from 1927 to 1930. The ancient walls of Nicaea still ring the town, and inside them stands the Ayasofya Mosque, site of the Second Council of Nicaea in AD 787; İznik is also known for the İznik tiles and pottery long produced there. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/