Duzce

Duzce is the capital city of Duzce Province is the eighty-first Province in Turkey. Dursun Ay (AKP) was elected the mayor in the provincial council after Mehmet Keles resigned from the position.The population in 2009 was 125,240, an increase from 61,878 in 1990.

Duzce 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 and Duzce earthquakes of 1999.Ankara is 240 km to the east and Istanbul is 228 km to the west. Road D-100 passes through Duzce, while the TEM highway passes around it.

Duzce is on the plateau of the West Black Sea coast. It is bordered to the west by Sakarya, to the northeast by Zonguldak, and to the east by Bolu. It opens to the Black Sea with the valley of Buyuk Melen on the northwest. Duzce is 23 km across from east to west, and 20 km from north to south.Nearby are also some tourist centers and popular attractions such as Abant, Kartalkaya, Yedigoller, Golcuk and Akcakoca.Although the summers are hot and winters are cold, it changes between the West Black Sea and Central Anatolian climates. The main agricultural products in Duzce are tobacco, maize wheat, nut and many kinds of wheat and vegetables.