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 DĂĽzce to the southwest, Bolu to the south, KarabĂĽk to the sou ...
, Turkey. Its population is 3,993 (2022). It is situated between the two mountain ranges which run parallel to
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 ...
. It is north of Çaycuma and east of
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.Ottoman documents as ''Arz'ı Saltuk'' or ''Saltukeli''. After the construction of Ankara-Zonguldak railroad in 1939, the population of the settlement was increased. During the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
a military airport was constructed in Saltukova. Although it was abandoned after the war, in 2009 it was renewed and put into service as Zonguldak Airport. In 1988, the settlement was declared as a seat of township.Mayor's page A natural gas thermal plant is planned to be constructed in Saltukova.