Doğanyurt

Municipality in Kastamonu, Turkey

42°00′22″N 33°27′36″E / 42.00611°N 33.46000°E / 42.00611; 33.46000CountryTurkeyProvinceKastamonuDistrictDoğanyurtGovernment

• MayorAhmet Kaya (AKP)Elevation

45 m (148 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

997Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)Area code0366ClimateCfbWebsitewww.doganyurt.bel.tr

Doğanyurt, formerly Hoşalay, is a small town in the Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Doğanyurt District.^[2] Its population is 997 (2021).^[1]

Kerembe Burnu, the ancient Cape Karambis, is located to the northwest of Doğanyurt. The promontory, 225 km distant from the Sarych headland, is the nearest point on the Anatolian coast to the Crimean Peninsula and has for centuries served as a nautical landmark for those seeking to cross the Black Sea at its narrowest point.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ Anthony Bryer and David Winfield, The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos, vol. 1, (Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1985), p. 67.