Kasaba

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This article is on the town in Kastamonu Province in northern Turkey. For the city in Manisa Province, see Turgutlu.
Wooden doors of the Mahmut Bey Mosque.
Wooden doors of the Mahmut Bey Mosque.

Kasaba or Kasabaköy is a small town 17 kilometres from Kastamonu, Turkey. Its population in 1905 was about 23,000, but the village has shrunk to only a few dozen households. The town does not occupy any ancient site of importance but there is a notable mosque, the Mahmut Bey Camii, built by a representative of Candaroğlu dynasty is the second half of the 14th century.


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