Koçar is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the
Akçakoca District
Akçakoca District is a district of the Düzce Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Akçakoca.[Düzce Province
Düzce Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province in northwestern Turkey. The province is on the coastline of the Black Sea and is traversed by the main highway between Istanbul and Ankara. The primary town is Düzce, located in the center of t ...]
in Turkey. Its population is 171 (2022).
History
The village has had the same name since 1831.
While it was previously a neighborhood of
Koçullu village, it gained village status by merging with the Belen neighborhood of the same village on September 12, 1958. The majority of the households that make up the population of the village are Yörükhan-Taifes (
Yörüks
The Yörüks, also Yuruks or Yorouks (; , ''Youroúkoi''; ; , ''Juruci''), are a Turkish ethnic subgroup of Oghuz descent, some of whom are nomadic, primarily inhabiting the mountains of Anatolia, and partly in the Balkan peninsula. On the Bal ...
) and immigrants from the
East Black Sea region.
References
Villages in Akçakoca District
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