Taşköprü (literally "stone bridge") is a coastal town (''

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'') in Çiftlikköy 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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. Its population is 4,271 (2022). Taşköprü is situated on a peninsula. It is from Çiftlikköy on the Turkish state highway D.575. Taşköprü was founded by a group of Turkish families from

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(which had recently gained independence) in 1902. The name of the settlement refers to a 400-year-old Ottoman bridge at the east of the town.Mayor's page
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Town municipalities in Turkey Populated places in Çiftlikköy District {{Yalova-geo-stub