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Place

Kastamonu

Also known as

Aclanos
Castamona
Castamono
Castamonu
Castamouni
Castamouni

Image illustrating Kastamonu — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Kastamonusee Wikimedia Commons

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Connected to

in countryTurkey1923 CE
birthplace ofAhmet Şükrü Bayındır1875 CE
birthplace ofİsfendiyar Açıksöz1929 CE
containsKastamonu Ethnography Museum1997 CE
place of death ofMahmud Bey
birthplace ofMehmet Ahi Çelebi1432 CE
birthplace ofMüfide Ferit Tek1892 CE
birthplace ofMurat Başesgioğlu1955 CE
birthplace ofNeslihan Yakupoğlu1990 CE
birthplace ofTülay Günal1970 CE

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