Alaplı

Alaplı
Alaplı
Country	Turkey
Province	Zonguldak
Government
• Mayor	Nuri Tekin (CHP)
• Kaymakam	Altuğ Çağlar
Area
• District	184.91 km2 (71.39 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Urban	18,123
• District	44,986
• District density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Post code	67850
Climate	Cfb
Website	www.alapli.bel.tr

Alaplı is a town and district of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the westernmost town in Zonguldak Province and is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi)^* south of Karadeniz Ereğli. It has 2 municipalities, one is the centre and the other is named as "Gümeli". The mayor is Nuri Tekin (CHP).

Facts

Alaplı is situated at the mouth of the Alaplı River. It is an ancient town known in the Hellenistic period as Kale (Καλή in Ancient greek). Also, there is a huge colosseum near Alapli Lake, used for lion-warrior fights for the ruler of the land itself. Near the colosseum, there are several stones that consist information of ancient dark magic that is presumed that used by old mans(known as shamans).

Alaplı is also known for it's shamans of Kilchak. Kilchak is one of the darkest and biggest villages of Alaplı. Those shamans used weed,several endemic herbs and mystical drum music (kaptaş song) for a higher spritual self.

This city holds as a name for being the hometown of a famous musician, guitarist Gurkan Zengin. Gurkan Zengin is now in a group called Mozaik, which nowadays works with a Turkey-wide famous singer, Tuğberk Isik, known for his performance for singing 'Kadinim' song.

There is a large statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the seafront at Alaplı.

References

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

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[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[population-2] "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

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