Perşembe

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Perşembe
Location of Perşembe within Turkey.
Location of Perşembe within Turkey.
Coordinates: 41°04′N 37°46′E / 41.067, 37.767
Country Flag of Turkey Turkey
Region Black Sea
Province Ordu
Elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 52750
Area code(s) 0452
Licence plate 52
Website: www.persembe.gov.tr

Perşembe (formerly Vona) is a town and district of Ordu Province on the Black Sea coast of Turkey.

[edit] Legend and history

Perşembe is on the Vona Peninsula on the Black Sea coast and is held to be the point where the legendary Jason and the Argonauts were forced to land during their struggle with the storms and currents of the Black Sea.

For a long time Vona was part of the Roman Empire and its successors the Byzantine Empire and Empire of Trebizond. This era ended in 1461 when Trebizond was overturned by Sultan Mehmet II and Vona was brought into the Ottoman Empire, although there was a Turkish community in the town before this date. By 1520 the port of Vona was a predominantly Muslim town.

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