Giresun

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Giresun

Total population

125,682

Coordinates40.92°, 38.38°

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

Overview

Giresun is a city in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about 175 km (109 mi) west of the city of Trabzon. It is the seat of Giresun Province and Giresun District. It has a population of 125,682 (2022).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

A

Ali Zorlu

Turkish association football player (born 1990)

Ö

Özlem Başyurt

Turkish association football player (born 1971)

Gökdeniz Karadeniz

Turkish association football player (born 1980)

Ş

Şenes Erzik

Turkish association football manager (born 1942)

A

Ahmet Yalçınkaya

Turkish poet (born 1963)

S

Salih Bora

Turkish wrestler (born 1953)

Topal Osman

Turkish military leader (1883–1923)

A

Avni Kertmen

Turkish-German para badminton player (born 1961)

E

Erden Alkan

Turkish-German actor (born 1941)

C

Celâl Kıbrızlı

Turkish association football player (born 1950)

Eren Tozlu

Turkish association football player (born 1990)

H

Hasan Gemici

Turkish wrestler (1927–2001)

T

Tolga Seyhan

Turkish association football player (born 1977)

Y

Yaman Okay

Turkish actor (1951–1993)

M

Mehmet Aygün

Turkish businessperson (born 1956)

Mustafa Suphi

Turkish politician (1882–1921)

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

Nearby places in Giresun

• Keşap
  6.7 mi away · pop. 20,286
• Bulancak
  8.1 mi away · pop. 64,176
• Dereli
  12.8 mi away · pop. 22,840
• Yağlıdere
  13.2 mi away · pop. 16,219
• Piraziz
  13.8 mi away · pop. 13,011
• Espiye
  17.2 mi away · pop. 34,866
• Tirebolu
  23.3 mi away · pop. 31,171
• Doğankent
  28.7 mi away · pop. 6,239
• Çanakçı
  32.6 mi away · pop. 6,660
• Görele
  33 mi away · pop. 33,510
• Eynesil
  40.9 mi away · pop. 12,853
• Şebinkarahisar
  43.5 mi away · pop. 21,200

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 Giresun

Giresun Island

John M. McKeel · 2021

Giresun kazası nüfus defteri (1251/1835)

Feridun M. Emecen · 2015

Giresun kültür sempozyumu

Turkey) Giresun Kültür Sempozyumu (1998 Giresun · 1998

Giresun Tarihi Sempozyumu

Giresun Tarihi Sempozyumu (1996 Giresun, Turkey) · 1997

Giresun

Sacit Karaibrahimoğlu · 1965

XV. ve XVI. yüzyıllarda Giresun kırsalının idari ve sosyal tarihi

Mehmet Fatsa · 2005

Giresun yöresi

Mevlüt Kaya · 2019

Pontus meselesi

Mesut Çapa · 1993

Search results from Open Library.