Ayancık is a town and district of
Sinop Province
Sinop Province ( tr, Sinop ili ; el, Σινώπη, ''Sinopi'') is a province of Turkey, along the Black Sea. It is located between 41 and 42 degrees North latitude and between 34 and 35 degrees East longitude. The surface area is 5,862&nbs ...
in the
Black Sea region of
Turkey
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. The mayor is Hayrettin Kaya (
CHP).
History
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Ayancık was part of the
Kastamonu Vilayet of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
. Being the most ideal hilltop in Sinop, Ayancik was the site of a
US military
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radar station from 1951 to 1992 during the
Cold War.
The radar was finally shut down in 1999 due to its technological obsolescence.
References
External links
District governor's official website
The City of Guide is Ayancık
Populated places in Sinop Province
Populated coastal places in Turkey
Districts of Sinop Province
Towns in Turkey
Ayancık district
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