Ünye
| Ünye | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Ordu | |||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 8 ' N , 37 ° 17' E | |||
| Height : | 10 m | |||
| Residents : | 128,101 (2019) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 452 | |||
| Postal code : | 52300 | |||
| License plate : | 52 | |||
| Structure and administration (status: 2014) | ||||
| Mayor : | Hüseyin Tavlı ( AKP ) | |||
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| Ünye district | ||||
| Residents : | 128,101 (2013) | |||
| Surface: | 440 km² | |||
| Population density : | 291 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Mustafa Demir | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Ünye (in ancient Greek Oinaion , Oine ) is a city with about 128,101 inhabitants (2019) and a district on the Black Sea in the Turkish province of Ordu . Hazelnuts , which are the most important commercial product , are mainly grown in the area. The small fishing port is only of local importance.
location
Ünye is located on the E10 coastal road about 90 kilometers east of Samsun and 60 kilometers west of Ordu . Another trunk road branches off to the south and leads through a transverse valley of the Pontic Mountains, which are relatively low in this area, via Niksar to Tokat . The city extends along a shallow bay that opens to the east and further north around a rocky headland. Larger rivers in the county are Akçay , Curi Deresi, and Tabakhane Deresi .
history
Ünye has a long history that goes back to the Hittite period in the middle of the 2nd millennium BC. Goes back to BC. Immigrants from Miletus settled in the 7th century BC. On the coast. The place belonged to the kingdom of Pontus , to the Roman and Byzantine empires . In classical antiquity, the three places Oine (Ünye), Polemonion (near today's Fatsa ) and Kotyora (Ordu) existed on this stretch of coast .
In the 12th century, Oinaion gained importance under the rule of the Rum Seljuks . The Komnenen Emperor Andronikos I settled in the city for a few years until around 1180 .
During the heyday during the Ottoman rule in the 18th century, the port at the end of the Niksar Strait was of regional importance. There was also a shipyard here. The nearby large fortress, of which part of the wall from the 12th century was preserved, was converted into a palace in 1806 by a pasha from Trabzon . Most of it was destroyed by fire in 1900.
Cityscape
The coastal road in the city area is called Samsun Ordu Yolu . The main shopping street that branches off to the southwest is Niksar Caddesi . The bus station is located behind the stadium in the city center.
A church from Byzantine times has been preserved and is now used as a hammam . It is located in the central square, Cumhuriyet Meydanı . From the Ottoman period, some buildings inland from the center have been preserved, some in need of renovation. The town hall dates from the 18th century. A group of houses on the promenade that is well worth seeing was built directly on the cliffs above the water. The usual multi-storey apartment blocks are signs of today's rapidly advancing urban development along the coast and up to the heights inland. A small river flows into the sea on the eastern edge of the city.
For excursion tourism in the summer, Ünye offers sandy beaches, parks for walks, a handful of hotels in the city, as well as some guest houses and camping facilities to the west along the coast. In a pine forest one kilometer north on the coast there are graves from Ottoman times.
sons and daughters of the town
- Zeynep Ahunbay , architectural historian
- İsmail Kılıç Kökten , archaeologist
- Recep Kara , wrestler
literature
- Anthony Bryer, David Winfield: The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (= Dumbarton Oaks Studies 20). Volume 2. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington DC 1985, ISBN 0-88402-122-X , pp. 101ff.
Web links
- City website (Turkish)
- District website (Turkish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b nufusu.com
- ^ Thomas A. Sinclair: Eastern Turkey. An Architectural and Archaeological Survey. Volume 2. The Pindar Press, London 1989, ISBN 0-907132-33-2 , pp. 120f.
