Göynük District
Göynük District is a district of the Bolu Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Göynük.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its population is 4,376 (2021). The mayor is Ahmet Çankaya ( MHP), elected in 2019. Its neighbours are
Mudurnu
Mudurnu is a small town and a district of Bolu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, 52 km south-west of the city of Bolu. It covers an area of 1,349 km², and the population (2011) is 20,528 of which 4,936 live in the town of Mudur ...
from north-east,
Nallıhan
Nallıhan is a rural town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia Region, Turkey, Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 157km from the city of Ankara. According to the 2010 census, population of the district is 30,571 of which 12,457 ...
from south-east,
Sarıcakaya
Sarıcakaya is a town and district of Eskişehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey
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The area has a long history of occupation going back to the
Phrygians
The Phrygians (Greek: Φρύγες, ''Phruges'' or ''Phryges'') were an ancient Indo-European speaking people, who inhabited central-western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) in antiquity. They were related to the Greeks.
Ancient Greek authors used ...
, Lydians, Persians and Ancient Romans. The Çatak Hamamı bathhouse dates back to the Roman times.
Göynük was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire in the early 14th century. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Göynük was part of the Kastamonu Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
Sights
Göynük has over 100 early 20th century Ottoman Empire period houses, these plus the even older mosques, tombs, fountains, and Turkish baths makes it a town of great historical interest, and an attractive location of narrow streets, with a pretty stream running through the centre. The victory tower on the hill at the top of the town and the old Ottoman mansion called "Müderrisoğlu Konağı" at the centre are important landmarks of Göynük.
The most significant entombed saint of Göynük is
Akshamsaddin
Akshamsaddin (Muhammad Shams al-Din bin Hamzah, tr, Akşemseddin) (1389, Damascus – 16 February 1459, Göynük, Bolu), was an influential Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Sunni Muslim Ulama, scholar, poet, and Sufism, mystic wali, saint.
Biography
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saint
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Göynük was used as a location of films including ''Akrebin Yolculuğu'' by Ömer Kavur, ''El Yazısı'' and a number of Turkish TV series e.g. ''Aynalar'' and ''Rüzgarlı Bahçe''.
Bıçakçı Ömer Dede Bıçakçı can refer to:
* Bıçakçı Bridge
* Bıçakçı, Alanya
* Bıçakçı, Batman
* Bıçakçı, Çameli
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, original name Omar Sikkin, an edge tool maker and student of Haji Bayram Wali.
* Debbağ Dede, a tanner known for his miracle during the
Hajj
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Rumelia
Rumelia ( ota, روم ايلى, Rum İli; tr, Rumeli; el, Ρωμυλία), etymologically "Land of the Names of the Greeks#Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι), Romans", at the time meaning Eastern Orthodox Christians and more specifically Christians f ...