🏘️ Gerze, Sinop

Turkey · Asia · 41.80°N, 35.20°E

Gerze is a town in Sinop Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Gerze District. Its population is 19,144 (2022). It is 49 km east of Sinop and 140 km west of Samsun. It was first settled by the Ionians and was known in antiquity as Carusa. In 2012, the region was subjected to protests and controversy around the proposed construction of a coal power plant, a project that was later withdrawn by the government after a negative environmental impact assessment.

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Country	Turkey
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	41.80°N, 35.20°E · view on map

Gerze, Sinop is located in Turkey, in Asia.

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