Perşembe

Infobox Settlement

settlement_type = Town
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = TUR
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
map_caption =Location of PAGENAME within Turkey.
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3

official_name = Perşembe


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subdivision_type1=Region
subdivision_name1 = Black Sea
subdivision_type2=Province
subdivision_name2 = Ordu| population_total =
population_as_of = 2003
population_footnotes =
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elevation_m = 0|latd = 41
latm = 04
latNS = N
longd = 37
longm = 46
longEW = E
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code = 52750
area_code = 0452
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website = [http://www.persembe.gov.tr/ www.persembe.gov.tr]

Perşembe (formerly "Vona") is a town and district of Ordu Province on the Black Sea coast of Turkey.

Legend and history

Perşembe is on the Vona Peninsula on the Black Sea coast and is held to be the point where the legendary Jason and the Argonauts were forced to land during their struggle with the storms and currents of the Black Sea.

For a long time Vona was part of the Roman Empire and its successors the Byzantine Empire and Empire of Trebizond. This era ended in 1461 when Trebizond was overturned by Sultan Mehmet II and Vona was brought into the Ottoman Empire, although there was a Turkish community in the town before this date. By 1520 the port of Vona was a predominantly Muslim town.

Perşembe is meaning "Thursday" in Turkish now.

ee also

* Cape Jason

External links

* [http://www.persembe.gov.tr/ District governor's official website] tr icon
* [http://www.persembe.bel.tr/ District municipality's official website] tr icon