PerÅŸembe (literally "Thursday", referring to market day) is a town (''
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 ...
'') in the
Çaycuma District
Çaycuma District is a district of the Zonguldak Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Çaycuma.[Zonguldak Province
Zonguldak Province () is a province along the western Black Sea coast region of Turkey. Its area is 3,342 km2, and its population is 588,510 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Düzce to the southwest, Bolu to the south, Karabük to the sou ...]
, Turkey. Its population is 2,671 (2022).
It is situated in the mountainous area which runs parallel to
Black Sea
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coast. It is to the east of both Çaycuma and Zonguldak. The distance to
Çaycuma
Çaycuma is a town in Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Çaycuma District.[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.][Caucasus
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/ref> (probably Kipchaks
The Kipchaks, also spelled Qipchaqs, known as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Russian annals, were Turkic nomads and then a confederation that existed in the Middle Ages inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe.
First mentioned in the eighth cent ...
, a medieval Turkic people lived in what is now Russia
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n steps and Caucasus). Also people from other parts of Turkey were settled in the village. The settlement was declared a seat of township in 1990.
See also
*Cape Jason
Cape Jason (; (; ) is a cape located at Çaytepe / Çaka (officially ''Aziziye'') villages, Perşembe (formerly Vona) district, Ordu Province, Turkey (the North East Shores of Turkey). Its name is derived from the Greek mythological hero Jason o ...
References
Populated places in Çaycuma District
Town municipalities in Turkey
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