Düzce

Düzce is the capital city of Düzce Province in Turkey. The mayor is İsmail Bayram (AKP). The population is 125,240 (2009) which is an increase from 61.878 in 1990. Düzce is the eighty-first and the newest province of Turkey. It is situated on the Black Sea between the Capital Ankara and Istanbul. It was greatly affected by both the Marmara earthquake and Düzce earthquake of 1999. Ankara is 240 km away to the East and Istanbul is 228 km away to the West. Road D-100 passes through Duzce, while the TEM highway passes around it. Düzce is on the plateau of The West Black Sea coast. It is bordered to the west by Sakarya, to the north-east by Zonguldak, and to the east by Bolu. It opens to the Black sea with the valley of Büyük Melen on the...