Çamoluk

Infobox Settlement
settlement_type = District
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = TUR
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
map_caption =Location of Çamoluk within Turkey.
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3

official_name = Çamoluk


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subdivision_type1=Region
subdivision_name1 = Black Sea
subdivision_type2=Province
subdivision_name2 = Giresun| population_total = 14715|population_footnotes=
population_as_of =| 2000
population_footnotes =
population_density_km2 =
area_total_km2 = 600|elevation_m = 1140|latd = 40
latm = 08
latNS = N
longd = 38
longm = 44
longEW = E
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code = 28710
area_code = 0454
blank_info = 28|blank_name=Licence plate
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name = Cemil Uzun
website = http://www.camoluk.net/

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

Being 180km 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 4,192 Çamoluk is a small town today.

External districts

* [http://www.camoluk.gov.tr/ the district governor's website]
* [http://www.mycamoluk.com/ çamoluk]
* [http://www.camoluk.net/ local information]
* [http://www.camoluknet.com/ and more] *