Şişecam's Çayırova Glass Factory, opened in 1961. The compound features the main manufacturing facilities, a pier for bulk carriers as well as social facilities and housing for workers. It was likely shut down and abandoned around 2014 as evidenced by the lack of ships using the pier after it.

Ah yes, Dilovası. The place with some of the highest rates of cancer. Likely because of the absolutely horrendous air quality due to the factories. A lot of chemical plants here.

This area is also not safe. Stay away.

Güneş saati.

Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulu ve Hazırlık Binası

Bekir Okan Kongre Merkezi ve Kütüphane

There is a bus stop somewhere around here where 41Ç departs. It's called Sahil Otoparkı.

Hünkar Çayırı (Sultan's Meadow) is a picnic area run by Gebze district's municipality.

According to some sources this is where Mehmed 'The Conqueror" (Mehmet II) set up a camp with his army on his last campaign before his death.

The area is very basic with a historic fountain and some benches. Nearby are also the remnants of a former automotive plant which is open to the public and essentially acts as an extension of the picnic area.

I wrote about the plant in more detail in the other notes if you are interested.

Former open air storage area of the old Çayırova TOE (Turkish Automotive Industries) Plant. Area was likely used to store total break down kits.

Çayırova Marmaray Station. This station was built from scratch in 2013 and wasn't on the original B1 Haydarpaşa-Gebze commuter line.

Buses to İzmit and Gölcük depart from the bus stand next to the station.

This plot of land used to have the main factory building of the Turkish Automotive Industries (TOE), it was closed in 1995, briefly used to store car parts and demolished in 2015. The plot is currently empty except for a small building to the east.