Bulancak

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Bulancak

Total population

64,176

Coordinates40.94°, 38.23°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bulancak is a town in Giresun Province on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, near the city of Giresun. Its former name is Terastios. It is the seat of Bulancak District. Its population is 49,053 (2022).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Abdullah Levent Tüzel

Turkish attorney and statesperson (born 1961)

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Erol Ayyıldız

Turkish statesperson (born 1966)

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Naim Tirali

Turkish journalist (1925–2009)

B

Bahtiyar Aydın

Turkish general and statesperson (1946–1993)

E

Erdal Pekdemir

Turkish association football player (born 1992)

A

Abdullah İzmen

Turkish statesperson (1915–1991)

O

Orhan Yılmaz

Turkish statesperson (1933–1981)

O

Osman Kılıç

Turkish statesperson (1955–2023)

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Cazip Sezer

Turkish association football player (born 1953)

A

Adem Tatlı

Turkish statesperson (born 1968)

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İbrahim Balcıoğlu

Turkish psychiatrist (born 1952)

Okay Memiş

Turkish statesperson (born 1970)

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Kadir Üstündağ

Turkish musician (1925–1975)

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Talip Emiroğlu

Turkish businessperson (born 1961)

H

Hakan Pekdemir

Turkish literary historian (born 1996)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Giresun

• Piraziz
  5.7 mi away · pop. 13,011
• Keşap
  14.8 mi away · pop. 20,286
• Dereli
  17.9 mi away · pop. 22,840
• Yağlıdere
  21.2 mi away · pop. 16,219
• Espiye
  25.1 mi away · pop. 34,866
• Tirebolu
  30.8 mi away · pop. 31,171
• Doğankent
  36.8 mi away · pop. 6,239
• Görele
  40.5 mi away · pop. 33,510
• Çanakçı
  40.6 mi away · pop. 6,660
• Şebinkarahisar
  46 mi away · pop. 21,200
• Eynesil
  48.3 mi away · pop. 12,853
• Alucra
  51.1 mi away · pop. 13,753

Browse all places in Giresun →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bulancak

Doğu Karadeniz'de iki kıyı kasabasının tarihi

Feridun M. Emecen · 2005

Pontus

Özhan Öztürk · 2011

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-09-21

Philoscia

Philoscia

Seen 2026-09-21

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-09-21

Pomatias rivularis

Pomatias rivularis

Seen 2026-09-21

Caucasotachea atrolabiata

Caucasotachea atrolabiata

Seen 2026-09-21

Dark Bush-cricket

Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Seen 2026-09-21

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-09-21

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-09-21

scarlet pimpernel

Lysimachia arvensis

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).