Şalpazarı is a town and district of
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 th ...
in the
Black Sea
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region of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. The population is around 12,000 including the surrounding villages. The mayor is Refik Kurukız (
MHP). Şalpazarı is a home to sizeable
Chepni
Chepni ( az, Çəpni; tr, Çepni; tk, Çepni) is one of the 24 Oghuz Turkic tribes. History
In the legend of Oghuz Qaghan, the Chepni was stated as one of the clans of the tribe of ''Gök Han'' that consists of Pecheneg (''Beçenek''), Bayand ...
Turkmen population.
Şalpazarı has a
creek called
Ağasar.
History
During the
Ottoman period, Şalpazarı was a village that was a part of the town of
Görele
Görele is a town and a district of Giresun Province on the Black Sea coast of eastern Turkey. The population was 16,033 in 2010.
Geography
The district is mainly mountainous and watered by streams and rivers running into the Black Sea, the h ...
. In 1809 Şalpazarı became a part of
Vakfıkebir.
Then in 1987 it gained
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
status.
References
External links
District governor's official website
Populated places in Trabzon Province
Districts of Trabzon Province
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