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The first settlement was 7000 years BC. and the city was found 2000 years BC by touranis tribes on the Black Sea coast .
Milet tribes had settled in the region in 756 BC .Later Pontus government was founded in Trabzon.Than Romans dominated the area before the division between east and west Roman Empire.In the period of Kommens Trabzon was the capital.Than the Turcs arrived to Anatolia in 1071 AC.Selçuk 's Akkoyunlu's and Karakoyunlu 's try to invade the city but the city was conquered in August 1461 by Sultan Mehmet the conqueror after the conquer of Istanbul.This is also the birth city of famous Ottoman sultan Souleiman ( suleyman in turkish) the Magnificient.Ataturk the founder of modern Turkey visit the city 3 times.
The name of the city in the history was Trapezus which means "table"
because the special stones of the city looks like a table |
|  | Folklore The people of Trabzon has a very distinctive folkloric danses Thats why in the entrance of the city you can see a statue which represent the folkloric danse " horon" For somebody which is interested I am posting a typical song of Trabzon / Black sea Trabzon song |
Hazelnut, tea and anchovy The area is producing the 75 % of the Hazelnut of the world
and also is famous with the tea cultivation and tea plants | | | tea leafs before production |
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Arkeolog Mon Mar 2, 2009 12:44 UTC
Great page on Trabzon here with good photos and useful tips. thanks for sharing. Bora | freddie18 Sun Sep 2, 2007 01:00 UTC
You really have very interesting tips of Trabzon. I read them line by line and the Pide, Corn Bread, Hamsi, and Horon Dance catches my attention. I have to read more of your pages..... | Tijavi Fri Sep 8, 2006 18:18 UTC
Heard so much about this city; hoping to visit on my next trip to Turkiye. Ah, Black Sea fish is good...but would a Fener Bahce fan be safe in Trabzon? :-) | ellielou Fri Jun 23, 2006 22:07 UTC
great tips for Trabzon...was just going to 'pass through' on way to Georgia, but now will spend day or two...(esp for monastery....) the restaurants looked great....but too expensive for my little budget :( again, thks for all your help! |
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