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 ...
region of Turkey. It is the seat of
Karabük Province
Karabük Province () is a landlocked province in the northern part of Anatolia (northern central Turkey), located about north of Ankara, away from Zonguldak and away from Kastamonu. Its area is 4,142 km2, and its population is 252,058 (2022 ...
and
Karabük District
Karabük District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central" in Turkish) is a district of the Karabük Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city of Karabük.İl Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 125,403 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .
Karabük was built in the 1930s as the seat of the iron and steel industry of Turkey, and thus is prone to the hazardous effects of air pollution. Karabük lies in a location near
Filyos River
The Filyos River is a river in northern Turkey.
The longest branch of the Filyos is formed near Karabük by several tributaries. It flows to the west through a deep canyon past Yenice. Just north of Devrek, it is joined by major branches f ...
formed by the merge of Araç and Soğanlı rivers.
Name
There are no known records of the origin of its name; in
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
* Something related to Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire
* The w ...
''kara'' means "black" and ''bük'' means "bush" or "blackberry bush" ("bramble"). So ''Karabük'' means "blackbush".
History
Karabük is situated on an important trade route between
Amasra
Amasra (from Greek language, Greek Amastris Ἄμαστρις, ''gen''. Ἀμάστριδος) is a small Black Sea port town in the Bartın Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Amasra District.Anatolia
Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...
. The history of the city goes back to the early years of the
Turkish Republic Turkish Republic may refer to:
* Turkey, archaically the "Turkish Republic"
* Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the ...
, when it was a small sub-village formed by 13 houses in the Öğlebeli village of
Safranbolu
Safranbolu is a town in Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Safranbolu District.
. There was also a small train station on the
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
–
Zonguldak
Zonguldak () is a List of cities in Turkey, city of about 100 thousand people in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Zonguldak Province and Zonguldak District.Hadrianapolis (now
Eskipazar
Eskipazar is a town in Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Eskipazar District.humid subtropical climate
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(
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: ''Cfa'') or a relatively warm
oceanic climate
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(
Trewartha
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He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a Ph.D. in 1924. He taught at the University of Wisconsin.
He gave an address to th ...
: ''Do'') with hot, humid summers and chilly, wet winters.
limestone
Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
, while coal and manganese is brought from Zonguldak and iron ore from
Divriği
Divriği (; ) is a town of eleven thousand people in Sivas Province, Turkey, and is the district capital of Divriği District.coking plant
A coking factory or a coking plant is where coke and manufactured gas are synthesized from coal using a dry distillation process. The volatile components of the pyrolyzed coal, released by heating to a temperature of between 900°C and 1,400&nb ...
, blast furnaces, a foundry and tube works. There are also chemical plants that produce
sulfuric acid
Sulfuric acid (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphuric acid (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth spelling), known in antiquity as oil of vitriol, is a mineral acid composed of the elements sulfur, oxygen, ...
and phosphates. Nearby are the Zonguldak coal fields.
One of the major
steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to steel's high Young's modulus, elastic modulus, Yield (engineering), yield strength, Fracture, fracture strength a ...
producers in Turkey, namely
Kardemir
Kardemir is a Turkish steel producer. The name is a contraction of the Turkish language ''Karabük Demir Çelik Fabrikaları'', which means "Karabük Iron and Steel Works".
History
Its main plant is located at Karabük in the Black Sea region of ...
(''Karabük Iron and Steel Works''), is located in Karabük.
Gallery
File:Karabük at station 8006.jpg, Karabük station
File:Karabük_at_station_8007.jpg, Karabük station
File:Karabük general view 8041.jpg, Karabük general view
File:Karabük general view 8044.jpg, Karabük general view
File:Karabük otogar 8318.jpg, Karabük otogar
File:Kaymakamlar Museum - 2014.10 - panoramio.jpg, Kaymakamlar Museum
File:Karabük labourers monument 7994.jpg, Karabük labourers monument
File:Karabük Atatürk monument 8320.jpg, Karabük Atatürk monument
File:Karabük at railroad 7992.jpg, Karabük at railroad
File:Karabük view 8033.jpg, Karabük view