Dereli is a town in

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 ...

in the

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region of

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. It is the seat of Dereli District.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 5,879 (2022). The mayor is Kazım Zeki Şenlikoğlu ( AKP).Başkanın Mesajı
Dereli Municipality. Retrieved 27 March 2023. Dereli is a small town in attractive countryside, in the valley of the

Aksu Deresi Aksu is one of the main water streams of Giresun Province in the eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its name is Turkish for "white water". Description Aksu Deresi rises in Karagöl, a rural highland area located very near to provincial borders ...

and Akkaya River, 28 km inland from

Giresun Giresun () is a city in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about west of the city of Trabzon. It is the seat of Giresun Province and Giresun District.Şebinkarahisar Şebinkarahisar is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of northeastern Turkey. It is the administrative seat of Şebinkarahisar District.

History

See

Giresun Giresun () is a city in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about west of the city of Trabzon. It is the seat of Giresun Province and Giresun District.Hittites The Hittites () were an Anatolian peoples, Anatolian Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in mo ...

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colonists from

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, Macedonians,

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, Byzantines,

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, who settled in these valleys and arounds Muslim Kızılbaş, Turkmen Turks (Chepni) and finally the

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Places to see

* Kümbet *Salon Çayırı *

Aymaç Aymaç () is a nature park in the Dereli district of Giresun Province located in the eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. It was designated as Turkey's 222nd nature park on 21 September 2017. It is located between the Kümbet and Uzundere vill ...

* Karagöl

References

Populated places in Dereli District District municipalities in Turkey {{Giresun-geo-stub