Tosya

Tosya stands on the slopes of the Kuruçay valley, where a stream from the Ilgaz Mountains makes its way toward the Devrez River. The town grew southward from its older core along the valley. Its position in the northern Anatolian interior made it a centre for the surrounding villages, whose population increased substantially during the sixteenth century. Ottoman records also preserve a picture of a thriving town in the eighteenth century.