Taraklı, formerly known as Dablar is a municipality and

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Sakarya Province Sakarya () is a province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey, located on the coast of the Black Sea. Its area is , and its population is 1,080,080 (2022). The Sakarya River creates a webbing of estuaries in the province, which is in the Ma ...

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. Its area is 292 km², and its population is 6,894 (2022). It is a historic town, surrounded by forest and located approximately midway between

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and

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. The district governor is Burak Serttaş, and the mayor is İbrahim Pilavcı (MHP). A former member of the

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movement, Tarakli features cobblestone streets and architecture dating back to the

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. The town has undergone extensive renovations and has gained attention as a tourist destination. A local bazaar offers handmade crafts like wooden combs and spoons. Nearby attractions include thermal springs, the Karagöl Plateau, and Hark Canyon and Cave. The Yunus Pasha Mosque, built in 1517 by Ottoman architect

Mimar Sinan Mimar Sinan (; , ; – 17 July 1588) also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, ("Sinan Agha (title), Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman Empire, Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician for sultans Suleiman ...

, lies at the center of Tarakli. It was built with molten lead and heated from below with steam from an adjacent public bath.

Composition

There are 22

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in Taraklı District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. * Akçapınar * Aksu * Alballar * Avdan * Çamtepe * Dışdedeler * Duman * Esenyurt * Hacıaliler * Hacımurat * Hacıyakup * Harkköy * İçdedeler * Kemaller * Mahdumlar * Pirler * Tuzla * Uğurlu * Ulucami * Yenidoğan * Yeniköy * Yusufbey

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarakli Populated places in Sakarya Province Districts of Sakarya Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey