BULANCAK Giresun - Doğu Karadeniz #3 (with Eng Sub)

Bulancak Today, according to official figures; Bulancak district, with a total population of 62 thousand, has a surface area of ​​608 km2. Bulancak is the biggest district of Giresun both in terms of population and economy. While the district of Bulancak was connected to Giresun with the name of Akköy, a municipality was established in 1887 and became a district in 1934. It is known that Turkmen Chepnis and Greeks lived here, some Laz from Rize and Artvin migrated here in the 1900s, and after the 93 war, many Batumi refugees settled in the region. The geographical structure of the district reflects the characteristics of the typical Black Sea geographical structure. A rapid rise starts from the beach, so the terrain is very uneven. It is very rich in vegetation, and hazelnut orchards from the coast constitute the majority of this cover up to an altitude of 2000 meters. Although tourism is not very developed in the district, highland tourism is carried out. Bektaş Plateau is a place worth seeing. Locals visit the district rather than foreign tourists. In the past, the people of the region migrated to the plateau to graze animals, but in recent years, they go to the plateau to relax by taking in the fresh mountain air and to have fun by participating in various plateau festivals. Bektaş Plateau, named after Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli, is the most important plateau of the district. After this general information about today, when we look at the history of Bulancak, which stands out as the most important settlement between Giresun and Ordu, the oldest information we can get goes back to the Hittites. While the region was under the rule of the Hittites in 1400-1200 BC, the Trabzon-Erzurum-Giresun regions were called AZZİ country. After the collapse of the Hittite State, the region came under the rule of the Phrygian Kingdom. When the Phrygians were destroyed by the Scythians and Cimmerians coming from the east, the region came under the rule of Miletos, who ruled in the Aegean region in the 7th century BC, traded and established Colonial cities. In the work called Anabasis (The Return of the Tens of Thousands), written by Ksenephon, a traveling Greek historian in the 4th century BC, during an Anatolian expedition he participated in with the Greek army, detailed information about the tribes living in the region during this period is given. In Xenephon's Anabasis, we learn that the ancient Anatolian tribes, known as Kalibs, Tibarens and Mosinekler, lived in Bulancak and its environs in those years. It is important that the Kalibs and Tibarens were ancient Turkish tribes living in Central Asia and brought traditional Turkish mining to the region.