Eda Bakir is an ICT teacher from Trabzon, Turkey who presented information about her home city at the Comenius In-Service Training in Rome, August 2012. Trabzon is located on the Black Sea coast and has historically been an important trade port. Some key attractions in Trabzon mentioned include Sumela Monastery, Ayasofia Museum, Uzun Lake, and various festivals held in the plateaus surrounding the city. Trabzon is also known for fishing and producing hazelnuts and is home to the popular football team Trabzonspor.
4. • Located in a strategically important region, Trabzon is one
of the oldest trade and port cities in Anatolia. Having every
shade of blue and green, the pearl of the Black sea has always
been a great source of inspiration for novels, poems, songs .
• Remarkably attractive throughout the history, Trabzon has
always become the subject for hundreds of travel books by
western travelers, some of whom had named it 'the city of tale
in the East'. Trabzon was founded by the Turkish tribes reaching
the Black Sea region via the Caucasus and then ruled by Millets,
Persians, Romans, Byzantium and Kommens respectively. On
26th October, 1461 it was added to the soil of Ottoman Empire.
European Youth Olympic Games was
performed in Trabzon in July of 2011.
11. •SUMELA MONASTERY
• Situated in a very beautiful and natural setting, Sumela Monastery built
in the 14th century is nestled into the side of rocks in a famous
valley in Maçka, Trabzon.
12. AYASOFIA MUSEUM
• It was built during the reign of King Manuel I
Kommenos in 13th century.
