Pazarköy (literally "market village" in Turkish), is a small belde (town) in Bolu Province,

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Geography

Pazarköy is in the Mengen district of Bolu Province,

. It is situated at along the Mengen creek. The distance to Mengen is and to Bolu . The population of Pazarköy was 671 as of 2013. The town, being close to the North Anatolian fault, has been hit by earthquakes several times.

History

The area around Pazarköy was a part of

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in antiquity and the

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in the early Middle Ages. The area was annexed by

Beyazıt I Bayezid I ( ota, بايزيد اول, tr, I. Bayezid), also known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt ( ota, link=no, یلدیرم بايزيد, tr, Yıldırım Bayezid, link=no; – 8 March 1403) was the Ottoman Sultan from 1389 to 1402. He adopted t ...

of the

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in 1395. After a brief I sfendiyarid occupation during Ottoman Interregnum between 1402 and 1413, it was recaptured by Murat II and continued as a part of Turkey thereafter. In 1992, it was declared a seat of township.

Economy

Due to lack of adequate agricultural land, the population of the town is declining. Some citizens prefer to work in other Turkish cities as cooks (the trademark profession of the Mengen district). Others work in forestry and forest-based industry .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pazarkoy, Bolu Populated places in Bolu Province Towns in Turkey Mengen District