Kastamonu Province - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

• Handcrafts are abundant in Kastamonu, especially in rural areas. Most available are hand-woven textiles.
• Several national and local annual festivities also take place in the province.
• In a research conducted in the province, 812 different food are identified that are specific to the region.
• The provincial soccer team Kastamonuspor competes in the Bank Asya 1st League (1st National Soccer League).
• The founder of the Turkish republic, Atatürk had declared the "dress code reform", which abolished the fez, in Kastamonu in 1925.