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Region: Transcontinental country,

located mostly on Anatolia in Western Asia

and on East Thrace in Southeastern Europe.

Area Total: 783,562 km2
Coast Line: Black Sea, The Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea

Capital: ANKARA

Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Former Turkish names of the town were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis.

The name of the town derives from 'saffron' and the Greek word 'polis' (city), since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.

Today saffron is still grown at the village of Davutobasi which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffrons in the world.
Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.

Safranbolu

 

 

 

 

Old Library and Museum, Safranbolu

 

 

An old sundial in the courtyard of a mosque in the old city of Safranbolu.

 

 

Impression from the past

 

 

Blown glass with cannon and adobe

 

 

Turkish coffee

 

 

Typical old house, Safranbolu

It was taken by me or Nilgun on our trip to Safranbolu

 

 

It was taken by me or Nilgun on our trip to Safranbolu

 

 

Souvenirs

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