| Tirebolu | |
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| — District — | |
| Location of Tirebolu within Turkey. | |
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| Country | Turkey |
| Region | Black Sea |
| Province | Giresun |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Burhan Takır (CHP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 210 km2 (81.1 sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 28500 |
| Area code(s) | (+90) 454 |
| Licence plate | 28 |
| Website | http://www.tirebolu.bel.tr/ |
Tirebolu is a town and district of Giresun Province, Turkey.
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Tirebolu itself is a small town of 14,303 people located on the hill named Ayana which rises from the Black Sea shore just to the west of the Harşit River estuary. Tirebolu has a little harbour and a fishing fleet but the mainstay of the local economy is growing hazelnuts.
In his Anabasis, the ancient Greek historian Xenophon (431–360 BC) wrote that Colchians, Drilae, Habibs, and Tiberians had been living in the eastern parts of the Black Sea region during the centuries (BC).
The Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder tells us that nearby Tripolis was founded (elsewhere dated as 656BC) as a trading colony of the Ancient Greek city-state of Miletos, one of nearly 90 along the Black Sea coast.
Tripoli was next part of the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, one of the three cities that give the town its name, the others being Andoz (today's Espiye) and Bedrama (or Bedrum) in the Harşit valley. The Empire of Trebizond was then formed when the Crusaders captured Constantinople) in 1204 and the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I of Trebizond escaped to the Black Sea coast. Tripoli was in the territory of this empire.
During the Trebizondan Komnenos era, Chepni people settled Tirebolu during 13th century.[1] In 1397 the town was conquered by the Ottoman Empire general Hacı Emiroğlu Süleyman. In 1916 this coast was occupied by Russian troops for two years during the First World War and Russia restored it back to Turkey in 1917.
The coast here is attractive and is rare in that it has not been much damaged by the Black Sea coast highway, which runs through tunnels behind the town, so with its castle, other ancient buildings including Ottoman Empire period houses, and its beaches Tirebolu is one town on this coast that has attractions for visitors. The nearest airport is Trabzon 80 km (50 mi) away. Other attractions include:
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