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Safranbolu is a tourist district of Karabük province. Its location is 231 km north of Ankara and 90 km south of the Black Sea. It is located 8 km north of Karabuk town center. Safranbolu city center and Karabuk city center are close to each other.

Home Examples of Beypazarı, Göynük, Scratching, Odunpazari and Osmaneli as many parts of Turkey encountered famous city with its historical Safranbolu houses reflects the classical Ottoman architecture, this feature allows since December 17, 1994 Turkey World Heritage List Located in It is one of 9 cultural assets and attracts tourist interest. Safranbolu takes its name from saffron, a rare plant that grows in the region.

Safranbolu has been an administrative and commercial center throughout history due to its geographical location. According to the 2010 address-based census, its population is 49,014.

It is located in the region called Paflagonya in history and has been home to many civilizations. It was taken by the Turks in 1196. During the Ottoman period, it lived its most important period in history in the 17th century due to its location on the Istanbul-Sinop road.

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The city is located in the Paflagonia region, which was used in the Iliad epic of Homer in ancient times and goes back to 3000 BC. The tumuli dated 3000 and 4000 BC show that Safranbolu has a long history in terms of human settlement. The city was interpreted by ancient towns such as Flaviopolis, Theodoropolis, Hadrianopolis, Germia and Dadibra (Dadybra). The first known civilizations in the region were the Hittites' neighbors Gaspas and Zalpas. Hittites, Phrygians, indirectly Lydians, Persians, Hellenistic Kingdoms, Ponds, Romans (Byzantine), Seljuks, Çobanoğulları, Candaroğulları and Ottomans, respectively, dominated the region.

When the city was conquered by the Seljuks, its name was Dadibra. Safranbolu, the Seljuk Sultan II. It was passed into the hands of the Turks in 1196 by Muhiddin Mesut Shah, the son of Kilic Arslan. Muhiddin Mesut Shah promised to protect his life if he surrendered to the Greek-Byzantine population without a fight, but according to records the city was captured by war. There is no information about what happened to Christians. It was found in the hands of Çobanoğulları (1213-1280), Candaroğulları (1326-1354) and the Ottoman Empire after 1423. In the current region of Kıranköy, there was a Greek community. This later became the central Greek neighborhood and the population change in 1923 took place in this region.

The name of the city became Zalifre under Seljuk administration and it became Sinop - Kastamonu - Safranbolu - Gerede - Söğüt end region. In the following years, the city changed hands several times between Turkmens and Byzantines. Between 1213 and 1280, the town was ruled by the Çobanoğulları Principality, which settled in Kastamonu and Sinop, which were the principal principalities of the Anatolian Seljuk State. Later, the Shepherds began to pay taxes to the Mongol İlhanlılar.

In 1326, Candaroğulu Süleyman Pasha captured the city and in 1332 he met with Ibn Battuta, the son of Ibn Battuta and Kastamonu pasha, the governor Ali Bey. According to Ibn Battuta, when he came, there was a madrasa teaching the Hanafi doctrine. With the Candaroğulları period, Islamic architecture has been active in the region; Gazi Suleyman Pasha Mosque was used in this period. There was also an old Byzantine church, two baths and various fountains. A similar Islamic structuring will only take place in the 17th century.

Safranbolu was under Ottoman control for the first time in the middle of the 14th century and it was a border region between the Ottoman Empire and Candaroğulları until it was completely conquered in 1416. The Ottomans tried to settle a large number of Turkmen nomads known as Yörükan-i Taraklı and after this period the name of the city was called Taraklı Borglu or Borglu and Borlu. In the middle of the 18th century, ZağfiranPolis started to be used and then in the middle of the 19th century Zağfiran Benderli was used for a short time but in the last quarter of the 19th century Zağfiran changed to Bolu. Finally, Zafranbolu and then Safranbolu has been transformed.

During the Ottoman Empire, especially in the 17th century, it reached its highest level culturally and economically by being the center of accommodation on the Istanbul-Sinop caravan route. In the same period, the Ottoman palace and statesmen brought important works to the city.

Starting from the 18th century, III. Selim and II. The documented migration to Istanbul, which continued in the Mahmud period and increased after 1850, began to be effective in the palace. The majority of the immigrants were bakers or maritime workers. According to Xavier de Planhol, starting from 1860, the Safranbolu people had established a monopoly on bakery in Istanbul, and about three out of five people working in the bakery came from the Safranbolu region. Probably, the well-known and well-known people brought their relatives, friends or customers from Safranbolu to Istanbul. According to Planhol, the majority of Greeks who came to Istanbul from Safranbolu were maritime.

With the Karabük Iron and Steel Factory commissioned in 1939, Karabük became the center of attention and Safranbolu was not affected much by the modern urbanization in Anatolia in the 1950s. Therefore, the architectural traditions, especially the half-timbered, three-room Pontian Greek-style earthquake-resistant houses have been preserved. It was included in the World Heritage List by UNESCO on December 17, 1994 and received the title of "World City". Safranbolu is an active member of the World Heritage Cities Organization (OWHC).


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