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Mount Köroğlu

Bolu · Mountain Ranges

Miniature relief of Mount Köroğlu
AI drawing · Open data

“Give my greetings to the Bey of Bolu / One must climb these mountains and lean against them…” Passed from mouth to mouth for centuries, this folk poem is the voice not of a bandit but of a head raised against injustice. So who was Köroğlu, and why does a whole mountain bear his name?