Perşembe

Perşembe (Turkish: Perşembe, meaning Thursday) (formerly Vona) is a town and district of Ordu Province on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 37,512 of which 10,804 live in the town of Perşembe. The district covers an area of 237 km (92 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 0 m (0 ft). 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...