Kasaba or Kasabaköy is a village in the

Kastamonu District Kastamonu District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central") is a district of the Kastamonu Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city of Kastamonu.

Kastamonu Province Kastamonu Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province of Turkey, in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region in the north of the country. It is surrounded by Sinop Province, Sinop to the east, Bartın Province, Bartın, Karabük Province ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its population is 84 (2021). It is 17 kilometres outside

Kastamonu Kastamonu, formerly Kastamone/Castamone () and Kastamon/Castamon (), is a city in northern Turkey. It is the seat of Kastamonu Province and Kastamonu District.

. It had a population of about 23,000 in 1905, when it had considerable local trade, but has since shrunk to only a few dozen households. Kasaba does not contain any

ancient Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient h ...

sites but does have an old

mosque A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Originally, mosques were si ...

, the Mahmut Bey Camii (

Mahmut Bey Mosque Mahmutbey Mosque () is a historical mosque in Kasaba village in Kastamonu Province, Turkey. Kasaba was once an important settlement in Kastamonu Province. Now, it is a small village about to Kastamonu. The 14th-century mosque of the village a ...

), built by a representative of Isfendiyarid dynasty in the second half of the 14th century.

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Villages in Kastamonu District {{Kastamonu-geo-stub