(2002 est. pop. 21,000). Iznik, a town in northwestern Turkey on the eastern shore of Iznik Lake, is surrounded by walls with four gates. Within the town are many historic baths, mausoleums, madrasahs or Muslim religious schools, mosques, minarets, and...

Nikaea redirects here. For the moth genus, see Nikaea (moth). Iznik ceramic pitcher with flower decoration from ca. 1560–1570 (Louvre Museum, Paris) Iznik tiles inside the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne İznik (which derives from the former Greek name...