Görele
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Görele is a town and a district of Giresun Province
on the Black Sea
coast of eastern Turkey
. The population is 16,033 as of 2010.
as the Genoese
named the area La Coralla.
and Haç (Haş). Up to 600m the hillsides are covered with hazelnuts, along with alder
, poplar
s and other deciduous trees. The agriculture of the district is mainly hazelnuts along with some tea planting, beekeeping, and gardening for domestic consumption, while the higher elevations are forest and pasture.
Recently trout
farming has begun in the mountain waterways and more importantly the attractive high pasture lands have begun to attract visitors on trekking holidays. Traditionally in this part of the world people would move their sheep and cattle to the high pastures (yayla
) for summer grazing and today this has become something of an event with summer folklore festivals in places like Sis Dağı
attracting visitors from all over Turkey, who come to hear the Kemençe
and watch people dance the Horon. The sale of local costumes and craftwork such as wooden toys and woven goods bring extra income to the district.
The climate is typical of the Black Sea
region; it rains in every season and in the high mountains it snows in winter. The mountain hinterland is hard to access, with many dirt roads and the villages are continuously shrinking as the villagers migrate to Turkey's larger cities in search of work.
Görele it self is a large town of 27,000 people on the Black Sea coast. The Black Sea coast highway from Giresun
to Trabzon
runs through here and Görele is about halfway between the two cities, 70 km from each. There is no real port at Görele so goods and people all come though this coast road, but there is a small fishing fleet. The only industry is hazelnut processing, and in August the whole area is busy with people harvesting hazelnuts and bringing them into town. The coast road has unfortunately spoilt the beauty of the seaside.
The local cuisine includes a special pizza-style pide
and a local ice-cream.
Görele has its own kemençe
style and tradition. Famous Görelean kemençe players include Tuzcuoğlu Mehmet Ali
, Halil Ağa and Picoğlu Osman
.
trading post here and the ruins of their castle is 20 km east of the town of
Görele today.
Chepni Turks arrived Görele from Khorasan
during the beginning of the 13/14th century.
From 1878 to 1922, it was a part of Ottoman Trebizond Vilayet. During republic era, it became a part of newly-founded Giresun province
.
Görele, like the rest of this coast was occupied by Russia
n troops for two years during the First World War.
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Giresun Province
Giresun Province is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane to the south-west, Erzincan to the south, Sivas to the south-east, and Ordu to the west. The provincial capital is Giresun....
on the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
coast of eastern Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. The population is 16,033 as of 2010.
Etymology
The name derives from the Italian for coralCoral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
as the Genoese
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
named the area La Coralla.
Geography
The district is mainly mountainous and watered by streams and rivers running into the Black Sea, the highest peaks are Mount SisMount Sis
Mount Sis is a mountain in Görele, Giresun Province, Turkey. Its elevation is 2182 m . Mount Sis Festival attracts hundreds of people from Giresun and Trabzon to visit Mount Sis. During the festival, traditional costumes are worn by visitors. The first Mount Sis Festival is thought to be held in...
and Haç (Haş). Up to 600m the hillsides are covered with hazelnuts, along with alder
Alder
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas along the Andes southwards to...
, poplar
Poplar
Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar , aspen, and cottonwood....
s and other deciduous trees. The agriculture of the district is mainly hazelnuts along with some tea planting, beekeeping, and gardening for domestic consumption, while the higher elevations are forest and pasture.
Recently trout
Trout
Trout is the name for a number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family as trout. Most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water...
farming has begun in the mountain waterways and more importantly the attractive high pasture lands have begun to attract visitors on trekking holidays. Traditionally in this part of the world people would move their sheep and cattle to the high pastures (yayla
Yayla
Yayla is Crimean Tatar and Turkish for alpine meadow or mountain plateau. Cognate words with identical meaning exist in other Turkic languages...
) for summer grazing and today this has become something of an event with summer folklore festivals in places like Sis Dağı
Mount Sis
Mount Sis is a mountain in Görele, Giresun Province, Turkey. Its elevation is 2182 m . Mount Sis Festival attracts hundreds of people from Giresun and Trabzon to visit Mount Sis. During the festival, traditional costumes are worn by visitors. The first Mount Sis Festival is thought to be held in...
attracting visitors from all over Turkey, who come to hear the Kemençe
Kemence
Kemence is a village in Pest county, Hungary....
and watch people dance the Horon. The sale of local costumes and craftwork such as wooden toys and woven goods bring extra income to the district.
The climate is typical of the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
region; it rains in every season and in the high mountains it snows in winter. The mountain hinterland is hard to access, with many dirt roads and the villages are continuously shrinking as the villagers migrate to Turkey's larger cities in search of work.
Görele it self is a large town of 27,000 people on the Black Sea coast. The Black Sea coast highway from Giresun
Giresun
Giresun is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about west of the city of Trabzon.-Etymology:...
to Trabzon
Trabzon
Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast...
runs through here and Görele is about halfway between the two cities, 70 km from each. There is no real port at Görele so goods and people all come though this coast road, but there is a small fishing fleet. The only industry is hazelnut processing, and in August the whole area is busy with people harvesting hazelnuts and bringing them into town. The coast road has unfortunately spoilt the beauty of the seaside.
The local cuisine includes a special pizza-style pide
Pide
Pide may refer to:*Pita, a type of flatbread typical of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines*PIDE , the political secret police during the authoritarian Portuguese regime of the Estado Novo*Pakistan Institute...
and a local ice-cream.
Görele has its own kemençe
Kemence
Kemence is a village in Pest county, Hungary....
style and tradition. Famous Görelean kemençe players include Tuzcuoğlu Mehmet Ali
Tuzcuoğlu Mehmet Ali
Tuzcuoğlu Mehmet Ali in Turkish was a Turkish kemençe player and horon music composer from Görele in Giresun province. He is considered to be "the best kemenche player ever" by most of the people in the Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey.- Early life :There are a few sources and records...
, Halil Ağa and Picoğlu Osman
Picoğlu Osman
Picoğlu Osman was a Turkish kemençe player from the Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey. He was also a famous composer and he is thought to be one of the best kemençe players.- Early life :He was born to a Chepni Turkish family in Görele...
.
History
There was a GenoeseGenoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
trading post here and the ruins of their castle is 20 km east of the town of
Görele today.
Chepni Turks arrived Görele from Khorasan
Greater Khorasan
Greater Khorasan or Ancient Khorasan is a historical region of Greater Iran mentioned in sources from Sassanid and Islamic eras which "frequently" had a denotation wider than current three provinces of Khorasan in Iran...
during the beginning of the 13/14th century.
From 1878 to 1922, it was a part of Ottoman Trebizond Vilayet. During republic era, it became a part of newly-founded Giresun province
Giresun Province
Giresun Province is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane to the south-west, Erzincan to the south, Sivas to the south-east, and Ordu to the west. The provincial capital is Giresun....
.
Görele, like the rest of this coast was occupied by Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n troops for two years during the First World War.
Prominent residents
A number of politicians, musicians and writers came from Görele including:- Tuzcuoğlu Mehmet AliTuzcuoğlu Mehmet AliTuzcuoğlu Mehmet Ali in Turkish was a Turkish kemençe player and horon music composer from Görele in Giresun province. He is considered to be "the best kemenche player ever" by most of the people in the Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey.- Early life :There are a few sources and records...
, 19th century, considered "the best kemenche player ever". - Picoğlu OsmanPicoğlu OsmanPicoğlu Osman was a Turkish kemençe player from the Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey. He was also a famous composer and he is thought to be one of the best kemençe players.- Early life :He was born to a Chepni Turkish family in Görele...
(1901-1946) famous kemençeKemenceKemence is a village in Pest county, Hungary....
player - Hasan Ali YücelHasan Âli YücelHasan Âli Yücel was the former minister of education of Turkey, who served from December 1938 to August 1946. He is well known for his reforms in the education system, and the foundation of Village Institutes...
poet and politician, former minister of education, and his son the poet Can YücelCan YücelCan Yücel was a Turkish poet noted for his use of colloquial language.-Biography:Can Yücel was the son of a former Minister of National Education, Hasan Ali Yücel who left his mark on the history of education in Turkey, and a grandchild of an Ottoman sea captain who perished with the frigate... - Hamit Görele, artist and thinker
- Bedri Rahmi EyüboğluBedri Rahmi EyübogluBedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu was a Turkish painter and poet.Bedri Rahmi was born 1911 in Görele on the Black Sea. He was the second child of a family with five. His elder brother, Sabahattin Eyuboglu, is a well-known writer and his younger sister, Mualla Eyüboğlu, was one of the first architects working...
artist and poet
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