Alaplı

{{Infobox Turkey place

| type = municipality

| name = Alaplı

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| image_skyline = Alapli 7784.jpg

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| province = Zonguldak

| district = Alaplı

| leader_party = CHP

| leader_name = Nuri Tekin

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| elevation_m = 10

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| population_total = 20777

| population_as_of = 2022

| postal_code = 67850

| area_code = 0372

| website = {{url|http://www.alapli.bel.tr/}}

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Alaplı is a town in Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Alaplı District.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 20,777 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=13 March 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}} It is the westernmost town in Zonguldak Province and is located about {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Karadeniz Ereğli. The mayor is Nuri Tekin (CHP). It consists of 6 neighbourhoods: Aşağıdoğancılar, Merkez, Yeni Siteler, Karşıyaka, Tepeköy and Yenimahalle.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

Facts

Alaplı is situated at the mouth of the Alaplı River. It is an ancient town known in the Hellenistic period as Kales ({{langx|grc|Κάλης}}).{{cite DGRG|title=Cales|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=cales-geo02}} Also, there is a huge colosseum near Alaplı Lake, used for lion-warrior fights for the ruler of the land itself.{{clarify|date=June 2022}}

This city is the hometown of the musician and guitarist Gurkan Zengin.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} Gurkan Zengin is now in a group called Mozaik, which works with singer, Tuğberk Isik, known for his performance for singing 'Kadinim' song.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

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

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