Kilimli

Kilimli

Kilimli is a district of Zonguldak province of Turkey. It became a district as a result of the law no. 6360 adopted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 12 November 2012. It has a large port. Fishing has an important place in the district economy. The history of the region dates back to the 1400s BC. The Hittite Empire, which dominated almost all of Central Anatolia, collapsed with the migrations called the Aegean Migration Tribes movement, which started in the 1200s and extended from Central Europe to Central Anatolia, along with the migrations called Bithin, Marlandyn and Migdan, the majority of which were composed of Phrygian tribes. communities became the first inhabitants of the Zonguldak region and its surroundings. With the colonization process that started in Western Anatolia in the 6th century BC, commercial piers (emperion) were established in places such as Ereğli (Herakleia Pontica), Hisarönü (Teion), Amasra (Sesamus). In the early 6th centuries BC, the Liga State expanded towards the north and gained dominance in the Zonguldak region and its surroundings. The region, which remained under Liga rule until the Persian occupation in 546 BC, was divided into three parts: Bithynia, Cappadocia and Phrygia, and the region remained within Bithynia. King Alexander of Macedonia, who went to Anatolia in 334 BC, ended the Persian supremacy, and Zonguldak and its surroundings remained under the Kingdom of Macedonia until 74 BC. The region, which was within the borders of the Roman Empire from this date until the end of the 4th century AD, was annexed to the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire as a result of the division of the empire into two in 395 AD. The region, which was captured by the Seljuks in the 6th century AD, was occupied first by the Byzantines and then by the Danishmends in 1084, due to the conflict between the Anatolian Seljuk State and the Great Seljuk State. However, the Anatolian Seljuk State gathered after a short time and recaptured the region (1186). IV. After the Crusade, the Byzantines experienced disintegration and the Anatolian Seljuk State collapsed, and the coastline of the region was taken by the Genoese; In the inner parts, Candaroğulları developed. During the development period of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Murat I wanted to add the regional lands to the Ottoman border, but the people opposed this and sided with the Candaroğulları. Thereupon, the Ottomans made an agreement with the Genoese and annexed Ereğli in 1380 and Zonguldak and its surroundings in 1392, and the commercial life on the coastline was again left to the Genoese. With the conquest of Amasra by Fatih Sultan Mehmet in 1460, the Christian merchants in the region migrated to Istanbul; When the region did not attract the attention of the Ottomans, it was plundered by Kazakh pirates in 1654, and later by Janissaries who came to the region to protect the people against pirates. As a result of the region losing its economic and commercial importance and the state not protecting it sufficiently, the pressure of bandits and notables forced the people to migrate. According to the 2000 census of Kilimli, the central population is 24,626 and the total of villages and towns is 45,758. Kilimli is a central district of Zonguldak, established within a 10 km area with a surface area of 10 km. Kilimli is bordered by Çatalağzı Town from the northeast, Gelik Town from the east, Zonguldak Central District from the west, both Zonguldak Central District and Çaycuma from the south, and the Black Sea from the north.