SAFRANBOLU
Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük
Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It
is about two hundred kilometers north
of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers
south of theBlack Sea coast, or more
precisely about 9 kilometers north of the city
of Karabük.
Safranbolu, located in the Western Black
Sea Region, 8 km from the center of the
province and 65 km from the sea is at
home. Town,Karachi (Central, Ovacik and Efl
ani), Bartin (Nation) and Kastamonu(Car) is
surrounded by the provinces.
 Safranbolu, located between the Black
Sea and Central Anatoliaclimates, summers
are hot, winters
are cold, warm and cool springspasses. Sprin
g and autumn are quite long. Especially in
recent years has started to cross the
arid summer months, rainfall in
spring,autumn and winter will
be. Annual average rainfall is 500 mm and
the humidity is about 60%. Average
annual snowfall is 35 days.
POPULATION
 1997 census, the population
of 44,788, [1] According to 2000
census 31,697 percent in the
center, 15,560 then 47,257,
includingthe villages are.
EDUCATION
Founded in 2002, of the University
of Karaelmas Fethi Toker,Faculty of Fine
Arts and Design is located next
to the Vocational
High School. This keeps alive the dynamic
nature of the
city's twoteaching institutions. Fethi Toker, Fa
culty of Fine Arts and Design in 2005-2006 77
and Safranbolu
Vocational High School, 1,839students have
been trained.
Safranbolu 451 pre-school education
at educational institutions,
twoare independent. 11 centers, including 5
in 5,229 villages haveprimary
school education at 16. There
are 1,981 education at junior high schools, at
9
SAFRANBOLU STREET
Şehirde Safranbolu ve Ovacuma halk
kütüphaneleri bulunmaktadır. Safranbolu İlçe
Halk Kütüphanesi 1981'de yapılmıştır ve 23
Nisan 1982'de açılmıştır. Ayrıca Safranbolu
Kütüphanesine bağlı olarak 12
Aralık 2002 tarihinde Ovacuma Belde Halk
Kütüphanesi açılmıştır.
SAFRANBOLU HOUSES
Safranbolu Houses, hundreds of years in a process that
continues to experience Turkish culture in the
city today, the most importantbuilding
blocks. 18th District in the center and 19th Century 20th
Century with There are approximately
2000 traditional Turkish house is made ​from the
beginning. 800 of these works are
under legalprotection. Safranbolu Houses are grouped in
two separate part.The first is the "City" as he is
known and used for winter cutting, and the
second "Bonds known as" cut and used as a summer.
Safranbolu house, three main elements that
determine the size and shape can be mentioned:
1. Multi-family structure with a population,
2yağışlı climate, cultural and material wealth.
3 A husband and wife in the family are normally
two or three children.Marry her son open a separate
house, the bride is brought home.Uncles, aunt, it is
involved in family and grandchildren live in a house
together. In order to help the women of the
house most of the girls are adopted jobs. It looks
as her adopted daughter home.
There are homes as well as separation of the
harem-greeting the crowd of family
structure. Family-owned animals in the
stables at ground floor of the house will be
hosted. Closed area due to wet climate is
even more need. Human and animal food,
firewood and all are deposited in the
appropriate sections of the house. As aresult
of all these is the large volume of Safranbolu
houses.
Kerosene lamps for
illumination. Recently, "luxury light" he is
defined, the larger size and more used to light
the lamps.
Some of the houses and give them protection
from fire for the purpose of cooling pools.