Akçakoca

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Autumn in Akçakoca.
Autumn in Akçakoca.

Akçakoca is a town and a district of Düzce Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is located on the shore of the Black Sea about 200 km east of Istanbul, Turkey. The town was named after a Turkish chieftain of the 14th century CE who added the area to the Ottoman domain. There is a statue of Akçakoca Bey in the centre of the town and a modern mosque of very unusual architecture. Its touristic attractions are beaches and a small ruined castle. It is centre of an extensive region of cultivation of hazelnuts.

[edit] List of villages of Akçakoca district

  • Akkaya
  • Aktaş
  • Altunçay
  • Arabacı
  • Balatlı
  • Beyhanlı
  • Beyören
  • Çayağzı
  • Çiçekpınar
  • Dadalı
  • Davutağa
  • Deredibi
  • Dereköy
  • Dilaver
  • Doğancılar
  • Döngeli
  • Edilli
  • Esmahanım
  • Fakıllı
  • Göktepe
  • Hasançavuş
  • Hemşin
  • Kalkın
  • Karatavuk
  • Kepenç
  • Kınık
  • Kirazlı
  • Koçar
  • Koçullu
  • Kurugöl
  • Kurukavak
  • Küpler
  • Melenağzı
  • Nazımbey
  • Ortanca
  • Paşalar
  • Sarıyayla
  • Subaşı
  • Tahirli
  • Tepeköy
  • Uğurlu
  • Yenice
  • Yeşilköy

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Coordinates: 41°05′N, 31°07′E

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