belde
Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish.
All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...
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Giresun District
Giresun District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central" in Turkish) is a district of the Giresun Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city of Giresun.Giresun Province
Giresun Province (Greek language, Greek : Κερασούντα, ; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon Province, Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane Province, Gümüşhane to the ...
, Turkey.Belde Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 3,032 (2022). Duroğlu is situated along the Aksu River. It is north of Giresun and the
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...
coast. The town which is thought to be five centuries old was probably a caravan stop between the Black Sea coast and Central Anatolia in the historical times.