Göynük - Bolu - TURKEY

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A view of Göynük from the main road that enters the village.

 

Göynük is one of the very well preserved historical villages with its Ottoman style architecture.

 

It's 750m above sea level where mountains of the western Black Sea and several rivers and air streams cross.

 

There is agriculture and poultry industry in the region.

 

This peacefull village is included in the Cittaslow list.

 

HISTORY: The first inhabitants were Scythians and Thracians. In the Hellenistic era, the region was under Bytinia sovereignty.

 

Around 1200 BC, Göynük was taken over by the Phrygians who were expanding westwards in Anatolia after settling in north-west Anatolia.

 

The oldest written document belonged to the Phrygians and was found in 1966 around Germanos (Soğukçam) village.

 

Later the region was conquered by the Roman Empire. When the Roman Empire was divided into two in 395 the region was inherited by Byzantium.

 

Around 1323 the region was conquered by the Ottomans.

 

 

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