Kasaba

Kasaba or Kasabaköy is a village in the Kastamonu District, Kastamonu Province, Turkey.^[1] Its population is 84 (2021).^[2] It is 17 kilometres outside Kastamonu, Turkey. It had a population of about 23,000 in 1905, when it had considerable local trade,^[3] but has since shrunk to only a few dozen households. Kasaba does not contain any ancient sites but does have an old mosque, the Mahmut Bey Camii (Mahmut Bey Mosque), built by a representative of Isfendiyarid dynasty in the second half of the 14th century.

References

^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cassaba" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 456.