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Kurtbeli
Kurtbeli is a lowland area of the Alucra district in Giresun Province of Turkey. It has rich caucasian fir and black pine forest and pastures. The highland is also a gate point between Espiye and Alucra districts. A narrow road connects two district zones to each other. References

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Abies Nordmanniana @Kurtbeli-Alucra-Giresun
Firs are evergreen coniferous trees belonging to the genus ''Abies'' () in the family Pinaceae. There are approximately 48–65 extant species, found on mountains throughout much of North and Central America, Eurasia, and North Africa. The genus is most closely related to ''Keteleeria'', a small genus confined to eastern Asia. The genus name is derived from the Latin "to rise" in reference to the height of its species. The common English name originates with the Old Norse ''fyri'' or the Old Danish ''fyr''. They are large trees, reaching heights of tall with trunk diameters of when mature. Firs can be distinguished from other members of the pine family by the way in which their needle-like leaves are attached singly to the branches with a base resembling a suction cup, and by their Conifer cone, cones, which, like those of Cedrus, cedars, stand upright on the branches like candles and disintegrate at maturity. Identification of the different species is based on the size ...
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Alucra
Alucra is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, from the city of Giresun. It is the seat of Alucra District. Its population is 3,945 (2022). It was a district of Şebinkarahisar province between 1924 and 1933. Etymology Alucra is a modification of the Ottoman Empire name ''El Ücra'' meaning ''far-off'' or ''remote''. Culture Local cuisine includes: * Fit (Düü) Çorbası - a soup made of onions and bulgur wheat * Yağlaç - a cornflour-based polenta-style meal * Pancar Çorbası - beetroot soup * Ekmek Aşı - dried bread soaked in a stew of fried meat with onions and hot pepper * Ayran Çorbası - yoghurt soup * Kesme Çorbası - a kind of local minestrone soup with lentils and dumplings * Helle - a soupy dish of bulgur and mint * Oğlak Kebabı - yeanling kebab In July, there is a well-known summer festival. History This area has firstly been settled by the Hittites in ancient times. During the Middle Ages, Alucra was the part of the Byzantine Empire, ...
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Giresun Province
Giresun Province (Greek language, Greek : Κερασούντα, ; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon Province, Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane Province, Gümüşhane to the southeast, Erzincan Province, Erzincan to the south, Sivas Province, Sivas to the southwest, and Ordu Province, Ordu to the west. Its area is 6,972 km2, and its population is 450,862 (2022). The provincial capital is Giresun. Its Vehicle registration plates of Turkey, license-plate code is 28. Geography Giresun is an agricultural region and its lower areas, near the Black Sea coast. It is Turkey's second largest producer of hazelnuts and it is famously home to the best quality hazelnuts in the world; a Giresun folk song tells "I will not eat a single hazelnut, unless you are by my side," while another tells of a lover shot dead under a hazelnut tree. Forests and pasture cover the high mountainous regions, and in places there is min ...
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Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ...
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Espiye
Espiye is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Espiye District.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
Its population is 26,671 (2022).


Etymology

"Espiye" and its earlier spelling, "Esbüyeli", are the Turkish names for the district. Espiye is thought to be formed from two parts: "Esb", a Persian word meaning "horse" and the Turkish "-yeli" and "-yelü" suffix meaning "from" or "of", or possibly the suffix "yalı", a

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Regions Of Turkey
The geographical regions of Turkey comprise seven regions (), which were originally defined at the country's First Geography Congress in 1941.Ali Yiğit, "Geçmişten Günümüze Türkiye'yi Bölgelere Ayıran Çalışmalar ve Yapılması Gerekenler", ''Ankara Üniversitesi Türkiye Coğrafyası Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi, IV. Ulural Coğrafya Sempozyumu, "Avrupa Birliği Sürecindeki Türkiye'de Bölgesel Farklılıklar"''pp. 34–35. The regions are subdivided into 31 sections (), which are further divided into numerous areas (), as defined by microclimates and bounded by local geographic formations. "Regions" as defined in this context are merely for geographic, demographic, and economic purposes and do not refer to an administrative division. Regions and subregions * Aegean Region **Aegean Section *** Edremit Area *** Bakirçay Area *** Gediz Area ***İzmir Area *** Küçük Menderes Area ***Büyük Menderes Area *** Mentese Area ** Inner Western Anatolia Secti ...
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Geography Of Turkey
The Anatolian side of Turkey is the largest portion in the country that bridges southeastern Europe and west Asia. East Thrace, the European portion of Turkey comprises 3%The Dorling Kindersley World Reference Atlas. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2014. of the landmass but over 15% of the population. East Thrace is separated from Asia Minor, the Asian portion of Turkey, by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles.Erturaç, M. K. Kinematics and basin formation along the Ezinepazar-Sungurlu fault zone, NE Anatolia, Turkey. Turk J Earth Sci 21: 2012, pp. 497–520. İskilip, Çorum province, is considered to be the geographical center of Earth. Turkey is very vulnerable to earthquakes. External boundaries Turkey, surrounded by water on three sides, has well-defined natural borders with its eight neighbors. Turkey’s frontiers with Greece—206 kilometers—and Bulgaria—240 kilometers— were settledFinkel, Andrew, and Nükhet Sirman, eds. ''Turkish State, Turki ...
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