Yalova Province is a
province in northwestern
Turkey, on the eastern coast of the
Sea of Marmara. Its adjacent provinces are
Bursa to the south and
Kocaeli to the east. The provincial capital is the city of
Yalova. The population of the Yalova Province was 203,741 in 2010. Prior to 1930, the area around Yalova constituted a district of Kocaeli Province; from 1930 to 1995, it was made part of
Istanbul Province; in 1995, the area was separated and made into the current Yalova Province.