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Düzce in the evening.
Düzce is the capital city of Düzce Province in Turkey. The mayor is İsmail Bayram (AKP). The population is 125,240 (2009) which is an increase from 61.878 in 1990.
Overview
Düzce is the eighty-first and the newest province of Turkey. It is situated on the Black Sea between the Capital Ankara and Istanbul. It was greatly affected by both the Marmara earthquake and Düzce earthquake of 1999.
Ankara is 240 km away to the East and Istanbul is 228 km away to the West. Road D-100 passes through Duzce, while the TEM highway passes around it.
Düzce is on the plateau of The West Black Sea coast. It is bordered to the west by Sakarya, to the north-east by Zonguldak, and to the east by Bolu. It opens to the Black sea with the valley of Büyük Melen on the northwest. Düzce is 23 km across from east to west, and 20 km from north to south.
Akcakoca, coast.Nearby are also some tourist centers and popular attractions such as Abant, Kartalkaya, Yedigoller, Golcuk and Akcakoca.
As the climate, although the summers are hot and winters are cold, it changes between the West Black Sea and Central Anatolian climates. Main agricultural products in Duzce are: tobacco, maize wheat, nut and many kinds of wheat and vegetables.
The geographical location of Duzce is very attractive for nature lovers and adventure seekers. It has vast forestry area, plateaus, waterfalls, long seashore, beaches, natural caves, rafting on Big Melen river, sailing, water sports and fishing in the Lake of Hasanlar Dam, Efteni Lake with 150 kinds of birds, and the Karduz Plateau which is covered with snow all year round.
Historical Konuralp is 8 km away north of Duzce, first settlements there are going back to 3rd century BC. Until 74 BC it was one of the most important cities belonged to the Bythinia State, which included Bilecik, Bolu, Sakarya, Kocaeli and it was conquered by Pontus and then by The Roman Empire. During the Roman period the city was influenced by Latin culture, and it changed its name to Prusias ad Hypium. Later on Christianity affected the city and after the separation of the Roman Empire in 395, it was controlled by the Eastern Roman Empire (the later Byzantine Empire).
Konuralp Bey, one of Osman Gazi's commanders, was ordered to conquered Duzce and its surroundings to the Ottoman Lands. In the 14th century he captured Duzbazaar (Duzce) and Roman Prusias after a battle against the Byzantines. The first Ottoman administrators in Duzce were Konuralp Bey, Sungur Bey, Semsi Bey and Gunduz Alp. During the late 16th century villagers choose this location as a market place and that's why it was called Duzce Bazaar in the centre of the Plain.
During the Ottoman Empire Duzce provided the timber of the Navy and it became an important centre of transportation between Istanbul and the Eastern cities such as Sivas and Erzurum. At the 18th and 19th centuries the tradesmen took the control of Duzce and commerce flourished.
At the period of Sultan Abdulaziz and Abdulmecit, immigrants from Caucasus, East Black Sea, East of Anatolia and The Balkans increased the population of Duzce. The government provided them free land. It had 137 villages and 66,618 homes with the population of 36088 at the times of Abdulmecit II.
After the Republic the city had a great development on Industry and Trade. Because it is near to the big cities, ports and natural resources, easy transportation, natural beauties and social structure makes it too attractive for the investment. Duzce is one of the most developed cities on industry in Turkey. Especially it is famous for timber and sports and hunting guns to the World. Today main economic sectors are; forestry production, automotive parts, textile, hunting and sports guns, cement, pharmaceutical products, nuts and tobacco. There are about 100 factories working in this sectors such as timber plants, milk product plants, animal food plants, flour plants, food and packing plants etc. Not to disregard agriculture as well.
It was hit by the 1944 Duzce Earthquake, 1957 Abant Earthquake, 1967 Adapazari Earthquake, and in 1999 it was destroyed by the 17th August Izmit Earthquake. In the end it was demolished too badly by another earthquake on 12th of November 99 at 18:57. The magnitude of the earthquake was 7.2 (Richter Scale), lasted for 30 seconds, killing 845 people and injuring over 5,000. After this it's recognized as the 81st city of Turkey with the agreement of the Council Of Ministers so that Duzce could get over its damages with the Governmental aid.
Climate
Bolu has an oceanic climate under the (Köppen climate classification Cfb) with cold and occasionally snowy winters and very warm summers.
Climate data for Düzce Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Average high °C (°F) 8.0
(46.4)10.0
(50.0)13.5
(56.3)18.7
(65.7)23.0
(73.4)26.9
(80.4)28.8
(83.8)28.8
(83.8)25.5
(77.9)20.5
(68.9)15.0
(59.0)9.8
(49.6)19.04
(66.28)Average low °C (°F) 0.4
(32.7)1.2
(34.2)3.4
(38.1)7.3
(45.1)10.9
(51.6)14.5
(58.1)16.8
(62.2)16.8
(62.2)13.2
(55.8)9.7
(49.5)4.9
(40.8)2.2
(36.0)8.44
(47.20)Precipitation mm (inches) 83.5
(3.287)70.1
(2.76)70.4
(2.772)59.4
(2.339)61.2
(2.409)59.0
(2.323)45.3
(1.783)55.0
(2.165)50.2
(1.976)84.7
(3.335)87.0
(3.425)102.0
(4.016)827.8
(32.591)Avg. rainy days 15.3 14.1 13.8 12.5 11.5 9.7 6.7 6.8 7.9 11.5 12.9 15.8 138.5 Sunshine hours 55.8 75.6 117.8 156 223.2 261 279 263.5 201 136.4 84 52.7 1,906 Source: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü [1] References
Düzce in Düzce Province (in the Black Sea region) of TurkeyUrban districts Düzce
Rural districts RegionsAegean Black Sea Central Anatolia Eastern Anatolia Marmara Mediterranean Southeastern Anatolia Categories:- Düzce Province
- Cities in Turkey
- Black Sea Region
- Populated places in Düzce Province
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