Dogankent
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Doğankent is a town and a district of Giresun Province
in the Black Sea region of Turkey
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region; lots of rain, summer and winter.
Doğankent is a small town of 3,383 people, providing high schools and other basic amenities to the surrounding villages.
period, hence the earlier name. The area was settled by Seljuk Turks following their victory over the Byzantines
at the Battle of Malazgirt and was then absorbed into the Ottoman Empire
in 1461 by Sultan Mehmet II during his conquest of the rump-Byzantine Empire of Trebizond
. The areas importance as a centre of education persisted as the monasteries were converted into Islamic medrese.
Giresun Province
Giresun Province is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane to the south-west, Erzincan to the south, Sivas to the south-east, and Ordu to the west. The provincial capital is Giresun....
in the Black Sea region of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
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Geography
Doğankent is a hilly district in the valley of the Harşit. The climate is typical of the Black SeaBlack Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
region; lots of rain, summer and winter.
Doğankent is a small town of 3,383 people, providing high schools and other basic amenities to the surrounding villages.
History
There was a monastery here in the ByzantineByzantine
Byzantine usually refers to the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages.Byzantine may also refer to:* A citizen of the Byzantine Empire, or native Greek during the Middle Ages...
period, hence the earlier name. The area was settled by Seljuk Turks following their victory over the Byzantines
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
at the Battle of Malazgirt and was then absorbed into the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
in 1461 by Sultan Mehmet II during his conquest of the rump-Byzantine Empire of Trebizond
Empire of Trebizond
The Empire of Trebizond, founded in April 1204, was one of three Byzantine successor states of the Byzantine Empire. However, the creation of the Empire of Trebizond was not directly related to the capture of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, rather it had broken away from the Byzantine Empire...
. The areas importance as a centre of education persisted as the monasteries were converted into Islamic medrese.