Kasaba or Kasabaköy is a village 17 kilometres outside

Kastamonu Kastamonu is the capital district of the Kastamonu Province, Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 102,059 of which 64,606 live in the urban center of Kastamonu. (Population of the urban center in 2010 is 91,012.) The ...

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. It had a population of about 23,000 in 1905, when it had considerable local trade, but has since shrunk to only a few dozen households. Kasaba does not contain any

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sites but does have a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

, the Mahmut Bey Camii (

Mahmut Bey Mosque Mahmutbey Mosque ( tr, Mahmut Bey Cami) is a historical mosque in Kasaba village in Kastamonu Province, Turkey. Kasaba was once an important settlement in Kastamonu Province. Now, it is a small village about to Kastamonu. The 14th-century mosqu ...

), built by a representative of

Jandarid The Isfendiyarids or Isfendiyarid dynasty (Modern Turkish: ''İsfendiyaroğulları'', ''İsfendiyaroğulları Beyliği''), also known as the Beylik of Sinop, Beylik of Isfendiyar (''İsfendiyar Beyliği''), Jandarids or Beylik of Jandar (''Cand ...

dynasty in the second half of the 14th century.
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Kastamonu Towns in Turkey Populated places in Kastamonu Province {{Kastamonu-geo-stub