Akçaabat

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Akçaabat is a town and a district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is located on the east of the city of Trabzon. It covers an area of 385 km² and the elevation is 10 m. The town has an estimated population of 48,315 (2007).^[1]

1 Name
2 History
- 2.1 Chronology
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Name

City is remembered with the name Pulathane, the word is derived from abundant plane trees (platanus); later on with the development of trade abundance of money Akçaabat name is given, besides some of the researchers revealed that because of abundance of white houses the name was given, or some of the researchers say that the name comes from old Turkish which means "city in the west".

[edit] History

Investigations made on the establishment of the city has shown that first settlers came from Aegean shores and settled on these areas and also determined that their origin were Asian or Turks. Akçaabat was conquered by Ottoman sultan Mehmed II in 1461 and the remnants and buildings of Roman, Byzantine, Komnenos and Ottoman era can be seen. In the written sources of Ottoman era, city center was called “Pulathane” and in general town was called “Akçeabad”. In the history of the city, Ramadan month of the 1810 has a special place. At that date Russian naval force were trying to land troops on Sargana shore, the people of Akçaabat died for their land and have lost 48 women out of 858 martyrs. During the First World War, Tsarist Russian armies invaded Akçaabat on 20th April 1916, but this invasion did not last long and on 17th February 1918 Akçaabat was taken back and rescued from the enemy.

[edit] Chronology

700 BC, Akçaabat is one of the extensions of Miletos Trade Colonies.

312 BC, Akçaabat was captured by Pontus kingdom.

1214, Akçaabat was handed over to Roman Empire.

1461, Akçaabat and Trabzon together added to Ottoman Empire boundaries by Mehmed II the Conqueror.

1810, from the Akçaabat historical point of view most important event of Ottoman era was Sargana Epic experienced in 1810.

1880, Akçaabat Municipality established.

1884, Akçaabat was awarded with Township identity according to the organization regulations. 20 April 1916, during the First World War Russian forces occupied Akçaabat.

17 February 1918, Akçaabat was rescued from Russian occupation and during the Republican era became a rapid developing town in the field of culture, art, education, trade etc.

[edit] References

^ World Gazetteer - Akçaabat

[edit] External links

	Districts of Trabzon
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