Kasaba

This article is about the village in Kastamonu Province in northern Turkey. For other uses, see Kasaba (disambiguation).

Kasaba or Kasabaköy is a village in the Kastamonu District, Kastamonu Province, Turkey.^[1] Its population is 84 (2021).^[2] It is 17 kilometres outside Kastamonu, Turkey. It had a population of about 23,000 in 1905, when it had considerable local trade,^[3] but has since shrunk to only a few dozen households. Kasaba does not contain any ancient sites but does have an old mosque, the Mahmut Bey Camii (Mahmut Bey Mosque), built by a representative of Isfendiyarid dynasty in the second half of the 14th century.

Kasaba
Village
Wooden doors of the Mahmut Bey Mosque
Kasaba Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41.4803°N 33.6861°E / 41.4803; 33.6861
Country	Turkey
Province	Kastamonu
District	Kastamonu
Population  (2021)	84
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)