An Ancient region that situated in Today’s Sinop, Cankiri and Kastamonu province.
** Paphlagonia divided into 2 different parts in view of its geographicalconditions; “Coastal” and “inland” parts.
** The earliest people who lived in the Paphlagonia were known as ` Pala `.
** Pylaimenes who took a part in the Trojan war was mentioned in the “Iliadof Homer” thus all the Princes of Paphlagonia were used to called as Pylaimenes.
** Kyotoros , sesamos , kromna , aigialos , eriythinoi are the Paphlagoniancities that mentioned in Iliad of Homer
** Paphlagonia was an independent and autonomous region that was ruled by hittites , phrygians, lydians,persians, Romans and Turks.
** The Paphlagonia name was erased from the History during theSeldjukians period and region wasstarted called as Cobanoglu principleand candaroglu principle.
Important cities of Paphlagonia were ; Amastris , sinope, gangra ( cankiri ) , Amnias