Duzce

Duzce is the capital city of Duzce Province is the 81 Province in Turkey. Dursun Ay AKP was chosen the chairman in the commonplace committee after Mehmet Keles surrendered from the position. The populace in 2009 was 125,240, an expansion from 61,878 of every 1990. Verifiable Konuralp is 8 km north of Düzce; first settlements there return to third century BC. Until 74 BC it was a standout amongst the most imperative urban communities having a place with the Bythinia State, which included Bilecik, Bolu, Sakarya, Kocaeli.

It was vanquished by Pontus and afterward by the Roman Empire. Amid the Roman time frame the city was affected by Latin culture, and it changed its name to Prusias promotion Hypium. Later on Christianity influenced the city and after the division of the Roman Empire in 395, it was controlled by the Eastern Roman Empire.

Konuralp Bey, one of Osman Gazi's officers, was requested to overcome Duzce and its surroundings to the Ottoman grounds. In the 14^th century he caught Duzbazaar Duzce and Roman Prusias after a fight against the Byzantines. The main Ottoman chairmen in Duzce were Konuralp Bey, Sungur Bey, Semsi Bey and Gunduz Alp. Amid the late 16^th century villagers pick this area as a commercial center; it was called Duzce Bazaar in the focal point of the plain.