Kastamonu

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Kastamonu (Greek: Κασταμόνου) is the capital district of the Kastamonu Province, Turkey. It has a population of 103,340 (2000 census), and an area of 1482 km². It is located to the south of the province.

Near the city (approximately 10 miles) is the village of Kasaba with an important mosque, the Mahmut Bey mosque, from 1366, built in the Seljuk tradition. It is considered to be one of the finest wooden mosques in Turkey. The door has excellent woodcarving.

[edit] Kastamonu History

It was assumed to be founded 18th century BC. The town is know as Timonion during Roman rule. Within the region, Romans founded a city of Paphlagonia at the town Taşköprü which is nowadays famous for its garlic production.

The Dress Code Revolution started at Kastamonu by Ataturk on August,23 1925. Ataturk made his historical speech concerning about the "Hat and Dress Revolution" in 1925 at his visit to Kastamonu at Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi building. The building is now used as Archeological Museum. The materials used by Ataturk in his Kastamonu visit are also exhibited in the museum.

[edit] Notable people

Iovan Tsaous (Yiannis Eitziridis) (1893-1942) Greek musician and composer

[edit] External links

Kastamonu weather forecast information
http://www.kastamonum.com Photographs
http://www.kastamonupostasi.com Kastamonu Postası
http://www.kastamonuspor.com Kastamonuspor

v • d • e Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Kastamonu in Kastamonu Province (in the Black Sea region) of Turkey
Urban districts	Kastamonu	Image:Turkey black sea.jpg Image:Kastamonu Turkey Provinces locator.gif Image:Kastamonu districts.png
Rural districts	Abana - Ağlı - Araç - Azdavay - Bozkurt - Çatalzeytin - Cide - Daday - Devrekani - Doğanyurt - Hanönü - İhsangazi - İnebolu - Küre - Pınarbaşı - Şenpazar - Seydiler - Taşköprü - Tosya
Regions	Provinces
Aegean	Afyonkarahisar - Aydın - Denizli - İzmir - Kütahya - Manisa - Muğla - Uşak
Black Sea	Amasya - Artvin - Bartın - Bayburt - Bolu - Çorum - Düzce - Giresun - Gümüşhane - Karabük - Kastamonu - Ordu - Rize - Samsun - Sinop - Tokat - Trabzon - Zonguldak
Central Anatolia	Aksaray - Ankara - Çankırı - Eskişehir - Karaman - Kayseri - Kırıkkale - Kırşehir - Konya - Nevşehir - Niğde - Sivas - Yozgat
East Anatolia	Ağrı - Ardahan -Bingöl - Bitlis - Elazığ - Erzincan - Erzurum - Hakkâri - Iğdır - Kars - Malatya - Muş - Siirt - Tunceli - Van
Marmara	Balıkesir - Bilecik - Bursa - Çanakkale - Edirne - Istanbul - Kırklareli - Kocaeli - Sakarya - Tekirdağ - Yalova
Mediterranean	Adana - Antalya- Burdur - Hatay - Isparta - Kahramanmaraş - Mersin - Osmaniye
Southeastern Anatolia	Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Kilis - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak