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    İznik (Turkish pronunciation: [izˈnik]) is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 753 km2, and its population is 44,236 (2022)...
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    Sophia in İznik Exterior of Hagia Sophia in İznik Opus sectile floor in entrance of Hagia Sophia in İznik Interior of Hagia Sophia in Iznik Synthronon...
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    Iznik pottery, or Iznik ware, named after the town of İznik in Anatolia where it was made, is a decorated ceramic that was produced from the last quarter...
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  • The İznik shemaya (Alburnus nicaeensis) was a species of freshwater cyprinid fish that was endemic to Lake İznik in Turkey. It has not been found since...
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    architecture) as it relied heavily on İznik tiling instead of favouring a more sparse interior. The Anatolian town of İznik was the heart of the Ottoman ceramics...
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    Lake İznik (Turkish: İznik Gölü) is a freshwater lake in the Province of Bursa, Turkey. It is around 32 km in length and 10 km in width with a maximum...
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    to 1335. The ancient city is located within the modern Turkish city of İznik (whose modern name derives from Nicaea's), and is situated in a fertile...
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    becoming a major center of patronage and construction. Orhan also captured İznik in 1331, turning it into another early center of Ottoman art. In this early...
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  • İhsaniye is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of İznik, Bursa Province in Turkey. Its population is 48 (2022). Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration...
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  • June 1453. His execution followed on 10 July 1453 and he was buried in İznik in an open tomb without a roof unlike his ancestors. Mehmed II thus ended...
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