Karabük


Karabük

(kärä`bük), city (1990 pop. 104,869), N Turkey. It was built in the 1930s as the seat of the iron and steel industry of Turkey. Nearby are the Zonguldak coal fields.

Karabük

 

a city in northern Turkey, in Zonguldak vilayet. Located on the Ankara-Zonguldak railroad line. Population, 65, 000 (1970). It is the site of a metallurgical complex.