The waymarked Atatürk ve İstiklal Yolu (Atatürk and Independence Way) follows the route taken by ammunition smugglers bringing weapons into İnebolu from İstanbul and Russia during the Turkish War of Independence (1919-22) before conveying them by buffalo cart to Ankara via Kastamonu and Çankırı. It is prominently indicated by yellow signposts.
The route meanders through Küre, a pretty hill town with some fine whitewashed Ottoman houses and a new Hükümet Konağı designed to imitate them, and passes the Ecevit Hanı, one of the places where the smugglers would have spent the night. It was restored in 2007.
Finally it transits Seydiler to reach Kastamonu where a magnificent statue of Atatürk also shows the buffalo carts used to bring the weapons over the Küre Mountains.
Read more about the trail: http://cultureroutesinturkey.com/c/independence-trail/
