The waterfront houses at Değirmendere, in the Gölcük district of Kocaeli, were renewed true to their original form under the conservation board and opened for public use.
The project set up the infrastructure for artistic activity in them: there is a ceramics museum and a museum of wooden sculpture, along with a boutique guest house, restaurants, cafes and shops selling local produce.
Getting there
- Access
- On Saniye Altuncu Sokak, Değirmendere Yalı.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kocaeli as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.3 °C in January to 24 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (108 mm) and lightest in August (42 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
