Alaplı

Template:Infobox Turkey place Alaplı is a town in Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Alaplı District.<ref name=ilce>İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.</ref> Its population is 20,777 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is the westernmost town in Zonguldak Province and is located about Template:Convert south of Karadeniz Ereğli. The mayor is Nuri Tekin (CHP). It consists of 6 neighbourhoods: Aşağıdoğancılar, Merkez, Yeni Siteler, Karşıyaka, Tepeköy and Yenimahalle.<ref>Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.</ref>

Facts

Alaplı is situated at the mouth of the Alaplı River. It is an ancient town known in the Hellenistic period as Kales (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite DGRG</ref> Also, there is a huge colosseum near Alaplı Lake, used for lion-warrior fights for the ruler of the land itself.Template:Clarify

This city is the hometown of the musician and guitarist Gurkan Zengin.Template:Citation needed Gurkan Zengin is now in a group called Mozaik, which works with singer, Tuğberk Isik, known for his performance for singing 'Kadinim' song.Template:Citation needed

There is a large statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the seafront at Alaplı.