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    Giresun Castle is a fortress built in the 2nd century BC in what is now Giresun Province, Turkey. Giresun Castle was built on the order of Pharnaces I...
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    city of Trabzon. It is the seat of Giresun Province and Giresun District. It has a population of 125,682 (2022). Giresun was known to the ancient Greeks...
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    Giresun Island (Turkish: Giresun Adası) is a small island that has an area of 4 hectares and lies 1.2 km from the Turkish city of Giresun on the southeastern...
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    built Giresun Castle in the 100s BC. There's also a chance it was built during medieval times. From the castle, the Black Sea and much of Giresun are visible...
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    Topal Osman (category People from Giresun)
    military police, but he was killed by İsmail Hakkı Tekçe. He was born in Giresun in 1883 and was of Turkish origin, more particularly the Chepni tribe.: 19 ...
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    Espiye is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Espiye District. Its population is 26,671 (2022). "Espiye" and...
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    Görele is a town in Giresun Province on the Black Sea coast of eastern Turkey. It is the seat of Görele District. Its population is 18,725 (2022). Görele...
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    region is Samsun. Other big cities are Zonguldak, Trabzon, Ordu, Tokat, Giresun, Rize, Amasya and Sinop. It is bordered by the Marmara Region to the west...
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    Erzurum, Sivas, Tunceli, Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya, Gümüşhane, Bayburt, and Giresun. The city is majority Sunni Turkish with an Alevi Kurdish minority. The...
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  • Afium-Kara-hissar, Afyon Karahisar) Şebinkarahisar, a district center in Giresun Province (formerly known as Kara Hisar-ı Şarkî, Şarkî Kara Hisar, Şapkarahisar)...
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    Siege of Sebinkarahisar (category History of Giresun Province)
    the east in 1473, came to Sebinkarahisar on 24 August and besieged the castle. After the Aq Qoyunlu army suffered a great defeat in Otlukbeli and it was...
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    Eynesil is a town in Giresun Province on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, east of the city of Giresun, towards Trabzon. It is the seat of Eynesil District...
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    Şebinkarahisar (category Populated places in Giresun Province)
    Şebinkarahisar is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of northeastern Turkey. It is the administrative seat of Şebinkarahisar District...
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  • Sandstone boulder inscribed with petroglyphs and survey mark. Hamza Stone Giresun Island, Turkey Boulder with ancient religious significance. Heel Stone...
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    of the oldest trade port cities in Anatolia. Neighbouring provinces are Giresun to the west, Gümüşhane to the southwest, Bayburt to the southeast and Rize...
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  • Antalya Province Görele Castle, (Pontus) Giresun Province Terihati castle (Northern Epirus), Gjirokastër county Palaiokastron castle (near Labova e Kryqit)...
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    Samsun to the northwest, Tokat to the southwest, Sivas to the south, and Giresun to the east. Its license-plate code is 52. The capital of the province...
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    [needs update] The Castle of St. Peter, also known as Bodrum Castle, is one of the main attractions of the peninsula. The castle was built by the Knights...
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    around the Kurdish PKK, attacked a Gendarmerie General Command base in Giresun Province in northeastern Turkey. According to news reports, a roadside...
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    Kingdom, is seen as a hero by the people of Trabzon, while in neighboring Giresun there is a statue of his murderer Topal Osman. Three years later Trabzon...
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    Tirebolu (category Populated places in Giresun Province)
    Tripolis, formerly Ischopolis, from the Greek "Ἰσχόπολις") is a town in Giresun Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Tirebolu District. Its population is...
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    and burned their valuables in the castle before escaping to the hills. Aware of the strategic value of the castle, the invaders repaired the destroyed...
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    Slovak). Fiľakovo. Retrieved 2021-04-09. "Kardeş Şehirler". giresun.bel.tr (in Turkish). Giresun. Retrieved 2021-04-09. "Bátonyterenye". jirkov.cz (in Czech)...
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    which is on the shores of Lake Van and a few kilometres to the south of Van Castle, is the only source of information about the oldest culture of Van. Under...
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    Province. In Sivas Province, the second earthquake destroyed a few houses. In Giresun Province, a five-story building was damaged and evacuated. An unoccupied...
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    Hınıs (section Castle)
    population is 24,680 (2022). Historical monuments in the town include the castle and the Ulu Cami Mosque, said to be built in 1734 by Alaeddin, the bey of...
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    camps, and he gave the Hospitallers permission to build a castle (the present-day Bodrum Castle) in Petronium (Bodrum) instead.[citation needed] In a landward-looking...
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    settlements which are still occupied include: Amisus (now Samsun) Kerasous (now Giresun) Kotyora (now Ordu) Neocaesarea (now Niksar) Nikopolis (now Koyulhisar)...
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    from Morea following the Greek Revolution. Long afterwards, in 1834, the castle and garrison on the island were rebuilt and expanded, becoming the focus...
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    Pasha (former Port Antonio). Tir-i Müjgân (former Pembroke Castle). Giresun (former Warwick Castle). Millet (former Seagull). Mediterranean. "'Tirimüjgan...
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