NATURAL TOYS
OUR CITY TRABZON
History
Trabzon was founded in 2000 BC. Its founders are not known: however it is said that they were the Turkish Tribes came from Middle Asia over Caucasus. There are some saying about the name of the city is first cited in the book "Anabasis" by Xenophon as "Trapezus". The book explains that the city took this name just because of the table like shape of it ancient centre; and beside this the famous traveller Evliya Çelebi, descibes Trabzon in his book like; "if it said for Trabzon is the little İstanbul, it is true and it is like a city which is cuktivated Tuğra-Bozan"
The museums,monateries,mosques, tombs, inns, baths, bedestens and bazaars, city walls surrounding Trabzon and the examples of civil architecture from the historic texture of the city.
Aside thousands of green colour, visited bay many local and foreign travellers, this mysterious city of the east has won high praise throughout history, and the travelllers Evliya Çelebi and word known Marco Polo mentionedabout this city in their written memories.
Ayasofya Mosque/Museum
The building is a very good example of late Byzantine church arthitecture.It has a cruciform plan, with a high central dome. It has a vestibule, called as a nar thex, and three aisles. The central aisle has a pentagonal apse where as the other two on the sides and semi-circular apses. There is a chapel in the narthex.
It is known that the mosque, which had fallen into a state of disrepair, was restored in 1864 at the insistence of Rıza Efendi from Bursa. It was used as a depot and hospital during the First War but became a mosque again after the end of the war. Between 1958 and 1962 it was restored in a project carried out jointly by the Ditectorate of Charities and Edinburgh University. In l964 it started to be used as a museum.
Atatürk Pavilion
It was built in Soğuksu, one of the recreation spots of Trabzon in 1890 by Konstantin Kabayandis- a banker from Trabzon as a summer house. The pavilion was given to the treasure in 1923. On 15th September, 1924 Atatürk visited and liked the pavilion on his first visit to Trabzon.
In line with Constant Province Council's decision in chapter 361, dated 18.05.1931, the pavilion was given to Atatürk as a gift by the people of Trabzon.
Contrary to the documented sources till now, Atatürk stayed here only on his last visit to Trabzon from 10th to 12th June, 1937, also made a decision which is very important for our history, and gave his property to the treasure and sent it to Prime Minister İnönü by a telegram.
It was bought from his sister -Makbule Hanım after his death on 6th April, 1943 by Trabzon Municipality, was decorated and opened as Atatürk Museum.
The building has some traces from European Architecture and has four floors.
Side features and the decoration of the building have the features of European Architect. In the entrance floor, there is Atatürk's living room, dining room and guest room. On the first floor, are Atatürk's bedroom, the rooms for his assistant and guard. On the second floor where we go through the wooden stairs, there are two big rooms which are opened to a big room.
The Monastary of Sümela (Virgin Mary)
The Sumela Monastery, which is one of the most important monuments of tourist attractions, is 30 kms to Trabzon, 15 kms to Maçka and it is nearly 1200 meters high. It is also possible to go there by car on the valley split through the winding footpath which is usually taken on foot.
The monastery was founded around a cave just on the foot of a steep hill facing the Altindere valley in the region of Karadağ. Despite the rumors that it was founded in the fourth century, the remnants which still stand today date back to Alexios III, the king of Komnenos. It is known that Alexios III whose two sisters and four daughters were married to Turkish governors grew a special interest in the monastery.
As in all other places of Ottoman State, the rights of the Sumela Monastery were preserved and some privileges as well as presents were given. For example, it is known that the two candlesticks in the monastery were given as presents by Yavuz Sultan Selim. What is more is that most of the sultans paid special attention to the preservation and the maintenance of the monastery.
Ortahisar Fatih Mosque
From St. Sophia, continue to Ortahisar Buyuk Fatih Mosque, or “The Golden Headed Mary Church”, located in the Ortahisar district. This ancient Byzantine Church contains some of the most stunning examples of Ottoman ornamentation art. It is strange that the church’s reputation is Ottoman, as its character is positively Byzantine, having been built in the 10th century, renovated in the following three centuries and used for the crown ceremonies of Byzantine Emperors until the 15th century.
However, in 1461 it was converted into a mosque after the Ottomans conqueredthe city of Trabzon, and so it stands today.
Plateaus
Baths
Folklore
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Trabzonspor FC
Trabzonspor was found in 1967 and it became champion of Turkey 6 times. It joined several European Cups and it won a lot of matchs in Europe. Its colour is burgundy-blue, these colours and the team became the symbol of Trabzon. Trabzonspor's slogan is "EVERYWHERE IS TRABZON FOR US".
Lake Uzungöl
The church of Ayasofya, now used as a mosque/museum, was built during the reign of Manuel Comnenos I, king of the Empire of Trabzon (1238-1263). The bell tower to the west of the church was dated to 1427 by G. Finlay, a British traveller and scholar. The chapel with three apses, the remains of which are to the north of the church, must belong to an earlier period.
The church was turned into a mosque and became a charitable foundation when the Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror captured Trabzon. For centuries the church of Ayasofya has attention of travellers and scholars visiting the city. Among those who recognized the importance of the building were Evliya Çelebi (1648) famous for his account of Trabzon, Pitton de Tournefort (1701), Hamilton (1836), Texier (1864), Şakir Şevket of Trabzon (1878) and Lynch (1893).
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Lake Uzungöl with the surrounding spruce forests offers extraordinary landscapes to visitors.It was formed by a landslide making the stream bed to become a natural dam in the valley of Haldizen Stream.The lake is at adistance of 99 km from Trabzon and 19 km from Çaykara district.
Lake Sera
Over the Sera Stream to the West of Trabzon and 1 km inside to the coast is Lake Sera .It is a dam lake which was formed as aresult of a landslide of a slope on February 20,1950.The lake is located in Sera subdistrict,nearly 4-5 km inside from Akçaabat road.
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Food
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International Competetions
The 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Trabzon, Turkey, between 23 and 29 July 2011. The hamsi is the symbol of Trabzon and because of that the festival's symbol was hamsi.(Hamsi is a kind of fish)
