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Akcakoca is a town and a district of Duzce Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is located on the shore of the Black Sea about 200 km east of Istanbul, Turkey. The town is named after a Turkish chieftain of the 14th century CE who added the area to the Ottoman domain. There is a statue of Akcakoca Bey in the centre of the town and a modern mosque of very unusual architecture. Its touristic attractions are beaches and a small ruined castle. Akcakoca is centre of an extensive region of cultivation of hazelnuts. |

