Of (Trabzon)
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| Province (il) : | Trabzon | |||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 57 ' N , 40 ° 16' E | |||
| Height : | 10 m | |||
| Residents : | 19,970 (2012) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 462 | |||
| Postal code : | 61830 | |||
| License plate : | 61 | |||
| Structure and administration (status: 2009) | ||||
| Mayor : | Oktay Saral ( AKP ) | |||
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| County Of | ||||
| Residents : | 42,138 (2012) | |||
| Surface: | 178 km² | |||
| Population density : | 237 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Tuncay Sonel | |||
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Of is a city and district in northeastern Turkey on the Black Sea . Of is in the province of Trabzon , east of the provincial capital.
The region is rich in rainfall, forested, mountainous and agricultural. The main products are tea and hazelnuts. The town of Of is located on the coastal road ( E 97 ) between Trabzon and Rize on a plain created by the Solaklı Çayı river . The closest small towns are Sürmene , 14 kilometers to the west, and İyidere , 10 kilometers to the east. A branch line branches off to the south in a valley cut in the Pontic Mountains to Bayburt (90 kilometers). The river Baltacı Deresi flows 4 km further east near the village of Kıyıcık .
Óphis ( Greek "snake"), derived from Of, has been the name of the region and the river since the 2nd century AD. In the 17th century, the residents of the place and its surroundings converted to Islam. Later, because of their madrasah, they had a reputation for particularly dogmatic religious interpretations.
Today's small town was founded in the 19th century under the name Solaklı and later renamed.
Sports
With the football club Ofspor, the city and the district of Of have had a football team since the 1990s that represented the region predominantly in the third-highest Turkish league, today's TFF 2. Lig .
Personalities
- Faruk Atalay (* 1981), Turkish football player
- Mücahit Atalay (* 1991), football player
- Burak Ayaz (* 1993), Turkish football player
- Mehmet Ayaz (* 1982), Turkish soccer player
- Erdoğan Bayraktar (* 1948), Turkish politician
- Yusuf Kurtuluş (* 1986), Turkish football player
- Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu (* 1929 or 1931), religious leader of the İsmail-Ağa community
- Mustafa Varank (* 1976), politician
- Mehmet Yılmaz (* 1979), Turkish national soccer player
