Aktaş is a village in the Akçakoca District of Düzce Province in Turkey.
[2] The name of the village is mentioned as Gebekilise in the records of 1568 and 1928.
After the 1878 War, a significant Laz population came to the village from Hopa and Kemalpaşa districts.
[3][4] It is known that the community living in the village and called Manav are the descendants of the Cuman-Kipchaks, who were settled in a planned manner by the Nicea Emperor İoannes (John) Vatatzes, as mentioned.
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