Koru (former Kuri) is a

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(town) in the

Çınarcık Çınarcık is a town and district of Yalova Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The mayor is Numan Soyer. (AK Party). Çınarcık has a permanent population of 18,000 but its location near İstanbul has made it a popular location for s ...

district of

Yalova Province Yalova Province ( tr, ) is a province in northwestern Turkey, on the eastern coast of the Sea of Marmara. Its adjacent provinces are Bursa to the south and Kocaeli to the east. The population of the Yalova Province was 203,741 in 2010. Prior t ...

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. Up to 20th century the population was composed of

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. Situated at it is between Çınarcık to west and

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to east, all coastal places on the Anatolian side of Marmara Sea. Distance to ÇInarcık is and to

is . The population of Koru is 5257 as of 2010.

Name

The name of the settlement was ''Kuri'' . After the

Population exchange between Greece and Turkey The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey ( el, Ἡ Ἀνταλλαγή, I Antallagí, ota, مبادله, Mübâdele, tr, Mübadele) stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at ...

agreement, the former population of the settlement was replaced by the

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from

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and

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in 1924. Former name was changed to a Turkish name with a similar sound and meaning small forest quite suitable for Koru.

History

In 1992, the settlement was declared a seat of township.Mayor's page
/ref> In 1999 the town suffered from the Great earthquake. Now the town is flourishing as a center of floriculture. Many agricultural crops are also produced.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Yalova Province Towns in Turkey Populated places in Çınarcık District Populated coastal places in Turkey