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Trabzon Province
Trabzon Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Located in a strategically important region, Trabzon is one of the oldest trade port cities in Anatolia. Neighbouring provinces are Giresun to the west, Gümüşhane to the southwest, Bayburt to the southeast and Rize to the east. İsmail Ustaoğlu was appointed the Governor of the province in October 2018. The capital of the province is Trabzon. Districts Trabzon province is divided into 18 districts: *Trabzon (Central district, after 2014 it will be named Ortahisar) Districts along the 114 km coastline (from west to east): Beşikdüzü, Vakfıkebir, Çarşıbaşı, Akçaabat, Yomra, Arsin, Araklı, Sürmene and Of.Districts inland: Tonya, Düzköy, Şalpazarı, Maçka, Köprübaşı, Dernekpazarı, Hayrat and Çaykara. Beşikdüzü and Şalpazarı gained district status in 1988, Çarşıbaşı, Düzköy, Köprübaşı, Dernekpazarı and Hayrat in 1990. History Remarkably attractive througho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Turkey
Turkey is divided into 81 provinces ( tr, il). Each province is divided into a number of districts (). Each provincial government is seated in the central district (). For non- metropolitan municipality designated provinces, the central district bears the name of the province (e.g. the city/district of Rize is the central district of Rize Province Rize Province ( tr, Rize ili) is a province of northeast Turkey, on the eastern Black Sea coast between Trabzon and Artvin. The province of Erzurum is to the south. It was formerly known as Lazistan, the designation of the term of Lazistan was o ...). Each province is administered by an appointed governor () from the Ministry of the Interior (Turkey), Ministry of the Interior. List of provinces Below is a list of the 81 provinces of Turkey, sorted according to their license plate codes. Initially, the order of the codes matched the alphabetical order of the province names. After Zonguldak (code 67), the ordering is not alphab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayburt Province
Bayburt Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey. Located in the Northeast Anatolia region of the country, the capital city is Bayburt, and with a population of 74,412 is the least-populous province in Turkey. Geography Bayburt is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude. Districts Bayburt province is divided into 3 districts (capital district in bold): * Aydıntepe * Bayburt * Demirözü Historical places The most important places in Bayburt Province are: * Bayburt Tower * Saruhan Tower * Aydıntepe underground city * Mausoleum of Dede Korkut * Mausoleum of Şehit Osman * Traditional Bayburt houses * Ulu Mosque * Pulur (Gökçedere) Ferahşat Bey Mosque * Sünür (Çayıryolu) Kutlu Bey Mosque * Yukarı Hınzeverek (Çatalçeşme) Mosque * Bedesten (covered bazaar) * Varzahan Armenian Church Cities and towns *Bayburt City 32,141 inh. *Aydıntepe City 2,663 inh. * Gökçedere Town 2,389 inh. *Demirözü City 2,137 inh. *Arpalı Town 1,934 inh. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köprübaşı, Trabzon
Köprübaşı is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with .... The mayor is Ahmet Tekke ( AKP). References External links * Populated places in Trabzon Province Districts of Trabzon Province {{Trabzon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayrat
Hayrat is a town and district of Trabzon Province, located in the Black Sea region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with .... The mayor is Mehmet Nuhoğlu ( AKP). History During World War I, occupied by the Russians, Hayrat was freed from the occupation on 28 February 1918. References External links District governor's official website Populated places in Trabzon Province Districts of Trabzon Province {{Trabzon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düzköy
Düzköy (formerly Haçka) is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with .... The mayor is Abidin Çelik ( CHP). References Populated places in Trabzon Province Districts of Trabzon Province {{Trabzon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dernekpazarı
Dernekpazarı is a district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey.The old name of the town was Kondu (or Kondualtı) and the current mayor of the town is Mehmet Aşık ( AKP). Dernekpazarı is part of the Of-valley system ('Solaklı Vadisi' in Turkish); it lies between the coastal Of district and the alpine Çaykara district. History The history of Dernekpazarı is closely related to the history of the Trabzon, the largest city of the Black Sea Region. Depending who ruled the Trabzon Province, the hill country came under Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman sovereignty. The population consisted largely of Pontic Greeks who converted to Islam during the 17th and 18th centuries. Currently the Of dialect of Pontic Greek (locally called 'Romeyka') is still spoken in the villages and nearly all locally current place names are in Greek. A few residents of the district who retained their Christian faith at the beginning of the 20th century were resettled in the town of Nea Trap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çaykara
Çaykara (Romeika: ''Kadahor'', ''Κατωχώρι'') is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. As of 2014, the District Mayor of Çaykara is Hanefi Tok ( AKP). Çaykara village lies in a V-shaped valley along the Solaklı River in the Pontic Mountains, at an elevation of around 300 metres. Çaykara district lies to the south of Dernekpazarı (Kondu) and forms the upper part of the Of-valley system ('Solaklı Vadisi' in Turkish), with peaks reaching to over 3300 meters. The western half of İkizdere district - which lies just east of Çaykara and is now part of Rize province - was historically also part of the same administrative and cultural region. Large swathes of the district are made up of old-growth temperate broadleaf and mixed forest, gradually making way for alpine tundra at higher altitudes. Etymology The district takes its name from the Çaykara stream, which forms through the conjunction of the Solaklı and Yeşilalan brooks. The his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çarşıbaşı
Çarşıbaşı (Ottoman Turkish: ''İskefiye'') is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The mayor is Mümin Nuhoğlu ( MHP). Çarşıbaşı is a town and district in the East Black Sea region in Turkey, 34 km from Giresun, on the west coastal path. Its, old name being “Iskefiye,” Çarşıbaşı revised their name in 1962. Çarşıbaşı was also called “Pazaronu,” as it was the main place to stay for those traveling to the famous marketplace in Vakfikebir. Though, people first living in the town of Çarşıbaşı are unknown, legend has it that the “Miletus” tribe were the first group of people to settle in the town of Çarşıbaşı. Miletus moved to Black Sea because of economic purposes, hoping to explore new monetary resources. The Miletus tribe, first settled in on cities on the coast such as Sinop and established colonies, and then advanced to the East of Black Sea. The Miletus then enhanced their authority in Çarşıbaşı ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beşikdüzü
Beşikdüzü is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The mayor is Ramis Uzun ( CHP). Name The name ''Beşikdüzü'' is composed of two Turkish words, namely ''beşik'', "a cradle" and ''düzü'', "a plain". There is a mountain may be strato volcano called Beşikdağ 1 km. south of city and there is a plain area north of this mountain next to the Black Sea coast. And the city is situated on this are so the name given to it for this reason. One of the 20 village institutes was established in Beşikdüzü. Current situation The city centre is a new built city with a history of about 100 years. It was a local market for the surrounding villages and developed as a city by education government and trade facilities. Now it is the third most populated district of Trabzon province. The district of Beşikdüzü has 25 villages with population of 18,000 and the city centre has a population of 29,000 people. Geography The district is a mountainous a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsin, Turkey
Arsin is a coastal town and a district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ... region of Turkey. The mayor is Erdem Şen member of ruling ( AKP) party . References External links Head official of a district - ArsinMunicipality of ArsinArsin Web PortalArsin web page Populated coastal places in Turkey Populated places in Trabzon Province Fishing communities in Turkey Districts of Trabzon Province {{Trabzon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araklı
Araklı (from Greek "Ηράκλεια" - ''Erakleia'') is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The mayor is Recep Çebi ( AKP). Name Arakli is believed to be derived from "the castle in the middle" in turkish 'Arakale'. See also * Araklı Arena * World Trade Center Trabzon * Trabzon Museum * Trabzon * Chepni * Hemshin * Pontic Greeks * Kadirga Festival {{ref improve, date=June 2014 The Kadirga Festival is the most famous of all Turkish festivities. The festival takes place in one of the yayla (plateaus) about 25 kilometers from Tonya (a town in Trabzon Province). The magnificent treeless moun ... References External links *District governor's official websiteA local online guide to Araklı [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akçaabat
Akçaabat is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region of Turkey. It is located to the west of the city of Trabzon. It covers an area of and the elevation is . The town has an estimated population of 48,315 (2007). Akçaabat is a coastal town known for its local soccer team Akçaabat Sebatspor, its kofta dish ''Akçaabat köfte'' and the Akçaabat Horonu dance. Akçaabat has hosted an international folklore festival since 1990, and it was a venue for Archery and Athletics competitions of the First Black Sea Games held in 2007. Name The first settlers of the town came from Aegean Sea, Aegean shores and named the town "Platana" because of the abundance of plane trees (Greek ''Plátanos'', Πλάτανος, Latin Platanus). In Turkish, the name was Folk etymology, reinterpreted as ''Pulathane'' 'land of iron' and the surrounding district became Akçeabad 'abundance of money'. Climate The climate in this area is characterized by relat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
