Eskipazar is a town and district of
Karabük Province
Karabük Province ( tr, Karabük ili ) is a landlocked province in the northern part of Anatolia (northern central Turkey), located about north of Ankara, away from Zonguldak and away from Kastamonu. In 2010 it had a population of 227,610. The ...
in the
Black Sea
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region of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. According to the 2000 census, the population of the district was 16,365, of whom 8,457 lived in the town of Eskipazar.
The district covers an area of , and the town lies at an elevation of . It separated from
Çerkeş district to become a district in its own right in 1945. It was a district in
Çankırı Province
Çankırı Province ( tr, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province of Turkey, which lies close to the capital, Ankara. The provincial capital is Çankırı.
Economy
Çankırı is primarily agricultural with wheat, beans, corn and tomatoes the most c ...
until 1995. The Ankara-Zonguldak railway passes through the district.
History
The city was founded about 1300 BC by the
Hittites
The Hittites () were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom in Kussara (before 1750 BC), then the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and next an empire centered on Hattusa in north-centra ...
. It became part of the
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediter ...
in the 1st century BC, and its name was changed to Hadrianopolis ( el, Ἁδριανούπολις), better known as
Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia, in the 2nd century AD.
The city was captured by
Emir Karatekin, along with
Çankırı
Çankırı, historically known as Gangra (Greek: Γάγγρα), is the capital city of Çankırı Province, in Turkey, about northeast of Ankara. It is situated about 800 m (2500 ft) above sea level.
History
Çankırı was known in ...
, and named Viranşehir. The name was changed to Eskipazar during the
Second Constitutional Era
The Second Constitutional Era ( ota, ایكنجی مشروطیت دورى; tr, İkinci Meşrutiyet Devri) was the period of restored parliamentary rule in the Ottoman Empire between the 1908 Young Turk Revolution and the 1920 dissolution of the ...
.
In 2018, during archaeological excavations discovered one of the earliest
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* C ...
es in Anatolia. According to a member of Karabük University's archaeology department it dates back to the mid-5th century.
Turkish archaeologists find 1,500-year-old church
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File:Eskipazar Saat Kulesi.jpg, Eskipazar Clock Tower, 2013
File:Eskipazar street art.jpg, Street art in Eskipazar, 2013
File:Water fountain in Eskipazar.jpg, Water fountain in Eskipazar, 2013
Notes
References
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External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
Brief information on Eskipazar
Populated places in Karabük Province
Districts of Karabük Province
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