Abstract: The area in question is situated within the limits of the Province ofKocaeli (İzmit), between the railway stations of Tuzla and Gebze (theWorks site actually lying along the shores of the Gulf of İzmit, at theeastern extremity of the Marmara Basin). This site comprises some ofthe grounds originally owned by the Florists Institute of the Ministry ofAgriculture, as well as some state property to the east of the said Institute, and amounts to some 5 km2.The site is delimited to the north: by the İstanbul-İzmit Highwayand by Ismail`s stable; to the east: by the Kanço Tepe Hill and the ridgeforming its prolongation; to the south: by the Marmara Sea and the Etibank Transformer Station; to the west: partly by the Marmara Sea andpartly by the Federal Trucks Company grounds.The Haydarpaşa-İzmit railway running almost parallel with the İstanbul-İzmit newly constructed highway pass through the site groundsand thus constitute excellent means of transportation for the works tobe. The site can thus be easily reached both by land through the aforesaid ways as well as by motor-boat by sea.