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Çamoluk

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Country
  
Turkey

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Licence plate
  
28

Elevation
  
1,140 m

Local time
  
Sunday 3:57 AM

Province
  
Giresun Province

Region
  
Black Sea

Postal code
  
28710

Climate
  
Csb

Area
  
600 km²

Area code
  
0454

Çamoluk

Weather
  
2°C, Wind NE at 2 km/h, 96% Humidity

Çamoluk is a town and a district of Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey.

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Being 180 km inland, in a valley of the upper Kelkit River, Çamoluk is different in landscape, climate and lifestyle from the city of Giresun and the other districts on the Black Sea coast.

History

The valley of the Kelkit has been a passage to the Black Sea coast for thousands of years, was once part of the Roman Empire and from 381 the succeeding Byzantine Empire. Arab invaders occupied the valley in 778 followed by early settlements of the Oghuz Turks. Fighting between Turks and Byzantines continued in this corner of Anatolia for centuries, beyond the arrival of the Seljuk Turkish armies of Toğrül Bey in 1058, and the foundation of the Empire of Trebizond of which Çamoluk was part. The castle was built by the Greeks of Trebizond in 1204 to defend the valley from further waves of Seljuk invaders.

In 1464 Sultan Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire came down the valley in his campaign against Şebinkarahisar and Çamoluk was brought within the Empire.

With a population of 1,856 Çamoluk is a small town today.

References

Çamoluk Wikipedia