GİRESUN

Giresun is located in Turkey’s eastern Black Sea region is among the provinces where many domestic and foreign tourists visited. The fact that the only island in the Black Sea Region is in Giresun is one of the natural beauties of the city. The city, which stands out with its natural beauties, has plateaus, streams and mountains.

According to the 2019 data, the population of Giresun is 448,400. The surface area of ​​the city is 317 km².

History of Giresun

Before the Greek colony in the city, the indigenous tribes of the Black Sea live and there are villages belonging to the Laz people in the 7th years BC. Entering the reign of the Persian Empire in the 6th century BC, Giresun was liberated after Alexander the Great’s demolition of the Persian Empire. The city, which was later annexed by the Kingdom of Pontus, began the Romanization process that would last 1300 years, occupied by the Roman Empire, like all other Eastern Black Sea cities, after the Battle of Zela.

In Giresun, which was a very important city in the Roman period, there is even a money that is used specific to the city. With the Ottoman Empire conquering the Trabzon Empire in 1461, Giresun came under the rule of this state.

Giresun, which was connected to Trabzon Province in the Ottoman Empire, was merged with Ordu, Tirebolu and Görele cities in 1920 and Giresun Sanjak was established. With the establishment of the Republic of Turkey it became a province in 1923.

Places To See in Giresun

Kümbet Plateau

The most famous plateau of Giresun, where plateau tourism is very important, is Kümbet Plateau. Every year thousands of tourists flock to the plateau, which is located within the borders of Dereli. You can even come to Giresun to see only this plateau.

Giresun Island

Giresun Island, the only known island of the Black Sea, is one of the places that everyone who comes to Giresun should visit. Located on an area of ​​40,000 square meters, the island is 2 kilometers from the center of Giresun. If you want to visit Giresun Island, you can go by boats departing from the center.

Giresun Castle

Although the exact date of its construction is unknown, it is estimated that it was built by the Pontus King Farnekes in the 2nd century BC. The castle, which has the feature of seeing the whole city, is one of the places that everyone who visits Giresun sees.

Giresun Archeology Museum

The museum, located in the center of Giresun, serves in the Gogora Church built by Greeks in the 1800s. Many works, clothes and examples of money showing the history of Giresun are exhibited in the museum.

Tirebolu Castle

Located in the district of Girebolu in Giresun, the castle was built around the 15th century BC. The other name is Saint Jean Castle. This castle, which has not been destroyed for many years, is one of the places to visit in Giresun. If you are coming to Giresun, you should see this castle.

How To Go To Giresun?

Those who want to go to Giresun can reach the city by choosing the highway and the airway.

ŞEHİT TUNCAY ZENGİN ÇOK PROGRAMLI ANADOLU LİSESİ

Our school is located within the borders of Dereli district of Giresun province, it is a multi-program high school including normal high school and vocational high school, our school has 22 teachers and 92 students.

Our school continues its activities in 2 departments within the vocational high school, our necessary vocational laboratories and professional equipment were available until recently, but our school was destroyed due to the flood that occurred in our district, we tried to save our equipment and machines by gathering all our teachers and now We continue our activities in Dereli Anatolian High School building, of course, with great deficiencies and impossibilities.