Ordu

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Not to be confused with Urdu language.

A typical Ordu farm house

Ordu (Greek: Κοτύωρα Kotyora) is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey and the capital city of Ordu Province. Ordu province has a population of 858,500 (2000 census). Ordu is historically an agricultural and fishing town. In recent years, tourism has seen an increase due mainly to an influx of tourists from Russia and Georgia. Ordu boasts some of the most pristine beaches, rivers, and lush, green mountains on the Black Sea coast.

Ordu is also famous for hazelnuts. Turkey as a whole produces about 70 percent of the hazelnuts worldwide; and over 50 percent of that comes from Ordu.^[1] Ordu is also home to Sagra,^[2] one of the largest Turkish manufacturers and exporters, and Fiskobirlik,^[3] the largest hazelnut co-op in the world. The recent drop in hazelnut prices have lead farmers to raise honeybees for sustainable income.

1 Name
2 Population
3 Buildings and structures
- 3.1 Religious
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Name

"Ordu" meant 'army' in the Turkish nomadic tribes' history. The modern English word "horde" comes from this word, as the nomads travelled in massive armies, e.g. the Golden Horde. In modern Turkish, Ordu still means "army".

[edit] Population

Raising bees among hazelnut trees

The city's population is mostly Turkish following the Armenian Genocide^[4] and the expulsion of the Greek population. However, it still has a significant Pontic Greek minority.^{[citation needed]} Pontic Greeks traditionally live in the area, alongside Turks.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Buildings and structures

[edit] Religious

There are historically Christian sites throughout Ordu, including the Armenian church on Boztepe^[5] that has been restored. Byzantine Jason Church now converted to an archeological museum and the ruins of a fortress named Bolaman Castle are also located in the city^[6].

[edit] References

^ http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/X4484E/x4484e03.htm
^ http://www.sagra.com/sagra/tr
^ http://www.fiskobirlik.org.tr
^ Jay Murray Winter (Published 2004). America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Cambridge University Press, p. 81. ISBN 0521829585.
^ Ordu. PBase. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
^ http://www.eclipse2006.boun.edu.tr/sites/ordu.htm

[edit] See also

Pontic Greek

	Districts of Ordu
Ordu \| Akkuş \| Aybastı \| Çamaş \| Çatalpınar \| Çaybaşı \| Fatsa \| Gölköy \| Gülyalı \| Gürgentepe \| İkizce \| Kabadüz \| Kabataş \| Korgan \| Kumru \| Mesudiye \| Perşembe \| Ulubey \| Ünye