Giresun Province


Giresun Province is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane to the southeast, Erzincan to the south, Sivas to the southwest, and Ordu to the west. The provincial capital is Giresun.

Geography

Giresun is an agricultural region and its lower areas, near the Black Sea coast. It is Turkey's largest producer of hazelnuts; 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 mining of copper, zinc, iron and other metals. The mountain villages are remote, with poor roads and little else in the way of infrastructure. The hillsides are too steep for most forms of agriculture, and as a result, cornbread is the traditional meal, as wheat cannot be grown.
The climate is typical of this stretch of the Black Sea coast, i.e. very wet. Local flora includes bilberries.

Districts

Giresun province is divided into 16 districts :

Culture

Handcrafts

Due to the dense forestry in Giresun, woodwork is among the common handcrafts in the region. Some small wooden handcrafts peculiar to the city are churns, külek, and spoons. One of the oldest handcrafts in the city is weaving. Wool, linen threads and similar raw materials are spun in hand looms to produce various local clothes, heybe and bags. Strong threads and knitted threads are also produced in hand looms.

Cuisine

Some of the dishes peculiar to the city are corn soup, kale soup, cabbage leaves stuffed with a meat filling, black cabbage dish, pilaf with anchovy, pilaf with cabbage, kaygana, kuymak

Places of interest

Politicians

Giresun province shares the folk music of the Black Sea region and is the birthplace of:
Other musicians include: