Giresun

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-	| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: smaller;" |[[Image:Turkey_Giresun_2.jpg|350px]]Giresum<br />''Click for larger view''	+	| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: smaller;" |[[Image:Turkey_Giresun_2.jpg|350px]]Giresum - ''Click for larger view''
-	|}{{TOCleft}}	+	|}{{TOCleft}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giresun Giresun] the Greek Kerasous (Κερασούς). The name derives from ''kerasi'' the Greek world for cherry. The name Kerasous first appears in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophon Xenophon's] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis ''Cyrou Anavasis''].
-	====Background====	+
-	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giresun Giresun] the Greek Kerasous (Κερασούς). The name derives from ''kerasi'' the Greek world for cherry. The name Kerasous first appears in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophon Xenophon's] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis ''Cyrou Anavasis''].	+
	After [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharnaces_I_of_Pontus Pharnaces I], king of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus Pontos], captured the town in 183 BC he renamed it Pharnaceia. In 71 BC Kerasus was taken by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic Roman] general [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucullus Lucullus] and again in 64 BC by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey Pompey]. Legend has it that Lucullus imported to Rome the cherry tree from Kerasus.		After [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharnaces_I_of_Pontus Pharnaces I], king of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus Pontos], captured the town in 183 BC he renamed it Pharnaceia. In 71 BC Kerasus was taken by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic Roman] general [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucullus Lucullus] and again in 64 BC by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey Pompey]. Legend has it that Lucullus imported to Rome the cherry tree from Kerasus.
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	==Charts==		==Charts==
-	[[Image:Turkey_Giresum_h.jpg|310px|thumb|right|Chart of Giresum Harbor<br />''Click for larger view'']]	+	[[Image:Turkey_Giresum_h.jpg|345px|thumb|right|Chart of Giresum Harbor - ''Click for larger view'']]
-	;BA	+
-	:2214 The Euxine or Black Sea	+	; BA
-	:2237 Inceburun to Isikli Burnu	+	: 2214 The Euxine or Black Sea
-	:1272 Giresun	+	: 2237 Inceburun to Isikli Burnu
-	:1279 Ordu	+	: 1272 Giresun
-	;NIMA	+	: 1279 Ordu
-	:55105 Eastern Part of the Black Sea	+	; NIMA
-	;Turkey	+	: 55105 Eastern Part of the Black Sea
-	:132 Civa Burnu - Yasum Burnu	+	; Turkey
-	:123 Yasum Burnu - Tirebolu	+	: 132 Civa Burnu - Yasum Burnu
-	:1321 Ünye	+	: 123 Yasum Burnu - Tirebolu
-	:1332 Giresun	+	: 1321 Ünye
		+	: 1332 Giresun
	==Radio Nets==		==Radio Nets==
-	''Also see [[HF_Radio|Cruiser's Nets]]''.	+	*
		+	*
-	Submit details of local radio Nets.	+	''Also see [[World MM Nets|World Cruiser's Nets]]''.
-	==Weather==	+	==Local Weather==
	''See [[Turkey#Turkey_Climate_&_Weather|Turkey]]''.		''See [[Turkey#Turkey_Climate_&_Weather|Turkey]]''.
	==Approach and Navigation==		==Approach and Navigation==
-	The approaches to Giresun from the west are straightforward but,<br/>	+	The approaches to Giresun from the west are straightforward but,<br />
-	<font color="red">Warning:</font> be aware of the Palamut Kayasi (rock) [[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|40|55.8|N|38|23.6|E|}} and Giresun Adasi [[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|40|55.7|N|38|26.2|E|}}.	+	{{Warning}}be aware of the Palamut Kayasi (rock) [[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|40|55.8|N|38|23.6|E|}} and Giresun Adasi [[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|40|55.7|N|38|26.2|E|}}.
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		+	==Check-in facilities (for Customs and Immigration)==
		+	[[#Giresun Harbor|Harbor]] is a port of entry/exit to [[Turkey]].
		+
		+	==Berthing Options==
		+	===Ports===
		+	====Giresun Harbor====
		+	[[Image:Turkey_Giresun_3.jpg|345px|thumb|right|Giresum Harbor viewed from the Castle - ''Click for larger view'']]
-	==Ports and Popular Stops==
-	===Giresun Harbor===
-	[[Image:Turkey_Giresun_3.jpg|305px|thumb|right|Giresum Harbor viewed from the Castle<br/>''Click for larger view'']]
	[[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|40|55|N|38|22.5|E|}}<br />		[[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|40|55|N|38|22.5|E|}}<br />
	The commercial harbor of Giresun is roomy and secure although with a strong north-west wind some swell enters the harbor.		The commercial harbor of Giresun is roomy and secure although with a strong north-west wind some swell enters the harbor.
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	You are not allowed her to anchor off as in most Turkish Black Sea harbor. Moor either stern or bow to on the SW quay.		You are not allowed her to anchor off as in most Turkish Black Sea harbor. Moor either stern or bow to on the SW quay.
-	<font color="red">Warning:</font> A local large ferry uses the breakwater. You can moor there side-to but if you do, you must be prepared to move when the ferry arrives.	+	{{Warning}}A local large ferry uses the breakwater. You can moor there side-to but if you do, you must be prepared to move when the ferry arrives.
		+	===Marinas & Yacht Clubs===
		+	None.
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	===Anchorages===		===Anchorages===
	====Unye====		====Unye====
-	[[Image:Turkey_Unye_h.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Chart of Ünye<br />''Click for larger view'']]	+	[[Image:Turkey_Unye_h.jpg|345px|thumb|right|Chart of Ünye - ''Click for larger view'']]
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	[[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|41|08|N|37|17.4|E|}}<br />		[[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|41|08|N|37|17.4|E|}}<br />
	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unye Ünye], the Greek Oinaion (Οίναιον), is a pleasnt seaside town about half way between [[Samsun]] and [[#Giresun_Harbor|Giresun]]. It was the stronghold of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikos_I_Komnenos Andronicos I Komnenos], the grandfather of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_I_of_Trebizond Alexios] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Komnenos David], the founders of the Trapezun or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Trebizond Eastern Byzantine Empire]. Andronicos, after the death of his cousin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos Emmanuel I Komnenos] the Byzantine emperor, went back to Constantinople, murdered his nephew Alexios, married his nephew's teenage wife, Agnes the Frank, and became the emperor.		[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unye Ünye], the Greek Oinaion (Οίναιον), is a pleasnt seaside town about half way between [[Samsun]] and [[#Giresun_Harbor|Giresun]]. It was the stronghold of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikos_I_Komnenos Andronicos I Komnenos], the grandfather of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_I_of_Trebizond Alexios] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Komnenos David], the founders of the Trapezun or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Trebizond Eastern Byzantine Empire]. Andronicos, after the death of his cousin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos Emmanuel I Komnenos] the Byzantine emperor, went back to Constantinople, murdered his nephew Alexios, married his nephew's teenage wife, Agnes the Frank, and became the emperor.
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	You can anchor off in front of the town or anchor inside the small harbor ([[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|41|06.9|N|37|21|E|}}) about 5 km west of the town.		You can anchor off in front of the town or anchor inside the small harbor ([[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|41|06.9|N|37|21|E|}}) about 5 km west of the town.
-	<div style="clear: both;">[[Image:Turkey_Unye2.jpg|250px|thumb|center|The Town of Ünye<br/>''Click for larger view'']]</div>	+	<div style="clear: right;">[[Image:Turkey_Unye2.jpg|350px|thumb|center|The Town of Ünye - ''Click for larger view'']]</div>
	====Ordu====		====Ordu====
-	[[Image:Turkey_Ordu_h.jpg|310px|thumb|right|Chart of Ordu <br />''Click for larger view'']]	+	[[Image:Turkey_Ordu_h.jpg|345px|thumb|right|Chart of Ordu - ''Click for larger view'']]
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	[[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|40|59.4|N|37|52.9|E|}}<br />		[[image:World_icon.png]] {{Coord|40|59.4|N|37|52.9|E|}}<br />
	Another town east of [[Samsun]] and west of [[#Giresun_Harbor|Giresun]] is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordu Ordu] the Greek Kotiora (Κοτύωρα), also founded by Ionian colonists from Sinope.		Another town east of [[Samsun]] and west of [[#Giresun_Harbor|Giresun]] is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordu Ordu] the Greek Kotiora (Κοτύωρα), also founded by Ionian colonists from Sinope.
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	You can anchor off here but only in settled weather. An overnight is not recommended.		You can anchor off here but only in settled weather. An overnight is not recommended.
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		+	==Offshore Islands==
		+	None.
	==Yacht Repairs and Services==		==Yacht Repairs and Services==
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	==Things to do Ashore==		==Things to do Ashore==
	====Tourism====		====Tourism====
-	{| class="wikitable" align=right	+	{| class="infobox bordered" style="width: 28em; text-align: left; font-size: 90%;"
	|-		|-
-	|[[Image:Turkey_Ordu.jpg|250px]]<br /><small>The ''Makrides Mansion'' in Ordu<br/>''Click for larger view''</small>	+	| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: smaller;" | [[Image:Turkey_Ordu.jpg|350px]]<small>The ''Makrides Mansion'' in Ordu - ''Click for larger view''</small>
	|-		|-
-	|[[Image:Turkey_Giresun_1.jpg|250px]]<br /><small>Near the Castle of Giresum<br />''Click for larger view''</small>	+
		+	| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: smaller;" | [[Image:Turkey_Giresun_1.jpg|350px]]<small>Near the Castle of Giresum - ''Click for larger view''</small>
	|-		|-
-	|[[Image:Turkey_Giresun_4.jpg|250px]]<br /><small>Greek Church now the City Museum in Giresum<br />''Click for larger view''</small>	+	| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: smaller;" | [[Image:Turkey_Giresun_4.jpg|350px]]<small>Greek Church now the City Museum in Giresum - ''Click for larger view''</small>
-	|}	+	|}A visit to the Giresun Castle (Kale) is worth your while. The view form the castle is great. However the way up to the castle by foot can be very arduous, especially in the summer when it is hot and humid. It is better to drive.  Within the castle there is a little restaurant under the shade of a large tree. The view is perfect and the ''peynirli'' (something like an oblong pizza) is excellent. This is one of the times that a western sailor wishes for an icy cold beer but unfortunately the proprietors are very religious (all the ladies wear full length costume) and serve nothing alcoholic.
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-	A visit to the Giresun Castle (Kale) is worth your while. The view form the castle is great. However the way up to the castle by foot can be very arduous, especially in the summer when it is hot and humid. It is better to drive.  Within the castle there is a little restaurant under the shade of a large tree. The view is perfect and the ''peynirli'' (something like an oblong pizza) is excellent. This is one of the times that a western sailor wishes for an icy cold beer but unfortunately the proprietors are very religious (all the ladies wear full length costume) and serve nothing alcoholic.	+
	Also worth seing is the ''City Museum'' that is housed in an 18th century Greek church. The exhibits are nothing special or very interesting save for some old photographs that give one a glimpse of what life at the old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus Pontos] (Black Sea) used to be 100 years ago. Converitng a church into a museum, is I suppose, better than vandalizing it or letting it disintegrate, yet I am not too comfortable with the idea (--[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] 19:46, 17 December 2008 (UTC)).		Also worth seing is the ''City Museum'' that is housed in an 18th century Greek church. The exhibits are nothing special or very interesting save for some old photographs that give one a glimpse of what life at the old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus Pontos] (Black Sea) used to be 100 years ago. Converitng a church into a museum, is I suppose, better than vandalizing it or letting it disintegrate, yet I am not too comfortable with the idea (--[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] 19:46, 17 December 2008 (UTC)).
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	==Forum Discussions==		==Forum Discussions==
-	List links to discussion threads on [[Cruising Forums|partnering forums]]. (see link for requirements)	+	List links to discussion threads on [[Cruising Forums|partnering forums]]. (''see link for requirements'')
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	====Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)====		====Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)====
	''Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated'':		''Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated'':
-	* August 1999 --[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] [[Image:Greece_Icon.png]] 19:46, 17 December 2008 (UTC)	+	* August 1999 --[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] [[Image:Greece_Icon.png]]
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Giresun (Port of entry)

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	40°55.3′N, 38°22.5′E
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Giresum - Click for larger view

Contents 1 Giresun (Port of entry) 2 Charts 3 Radio Nets 4 Local Weather 5 Approach and Navigation 6 Check-in facilities (for Customs and Immigration) 7 Berthing Options 7.1 Ports 7.1.1 Giresun Harbor 7.2 Marinas & Yacht Clubs 7.3 Anchorages 7.3.1 Unye 7.3.2 Ordu 8 Offshore Islands 9 Yacht Repairs and Services 9.1 Marine Stores 9.2 Repairs/Yards 9.3 Fuel, Water, & Electricity 10 Things to do Ashore 10.1 Tourism 10.2 Grocery & Supply Stores 10.3 Eateries 10.4 Internet/WiFi 10.5 Laundry 10.6 Motorbike & Car Rentals 10.7 Garbage Disposal 10.8 Transportation 11 Routes/Passages To/From 12 Cruiser's Friends 13 Forum Discussions 14 External Links 15 References & Publications 16 Personal Notes 16.1 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here) 17 Contributors to this page 18 Cruising Wiki Navigation

Giresun the Greek Kerasous (Κερασούς). The name derives from kerasi the Greek world for cherry. The name Kerasous first appears in Xenophon's Cyrou Anavasis.

After Pharnaces I, king of Pontos, captured the town in 183 BC he renamed it Pharnaceia. In 71 BC Kerasus was taken by the Roman general Lucullus and again in 64 BC by Pompey. Legend has it that Lucullus imported to Rome the cherry tree from Kerasus.

In the Byzantine era the town changed hands many times between the Seljuks and the Byzantines. From 1204 to 1461 AD Kerasus belonged to the Empire of Trapezond. It was then taken by the Ottomans.

On May 20, the feast of a Moslem holy man, Hidirellez, is celebrated in Giresun. On that day, pilgrims flock on the little island Giresun Adasi and form a circle around a large black rock and insert pebbles into the rock's cervices while making wishes. Local lore has it that this ceremony dates back to the Argonauts and that Giresun Adasi is the island of Ares (Mars) sacred to the Amazons.

Every town along the way from Samsun, including Giresun, is full of ugly apartment building blocks, most of them unfinished, but already deteriorating. The streets are littered with uncollected trash. This situation is particularly offensive in Giresun, which is located amidst a particularly beautiful natural setting. The observation that "wherever man trods he destroys nature" is particularly apt here.

Charts

BA

2214 The Euxine or Black Sea

2237 Inceburun to Isikli Burnu

1272 Giresun

1279 Ordu

NIMA

55105 Eastern Part of the Black Sea

Turkey

132 Civa Burnu - Yasum Burnu

123 Yasum Burnu - Tirebolu

1321 Ünye

1332 Giresun

Radio Nets

Also see World Cruiser's Nets.

Local Weather

See Turkey.

Approach and Navigation

The approaches to Giresun from the west are straightforward but,
Warning: be aware of the Palamut Kayasi (rock) 40°55.8′N, 38°23.6′E and Giresun Adasi 40°55.7′N, 38°26.2′E.

Check-in facilities (for Customs and Immigration)

Harbor is a port of entry/exit to Turkey.

Berthing Options

Ports

Giresun Harbor

40°55′N, 38°22.5′E
The commercial harbor of Giresun is roomy and secure although with a strong north-west wind some swell enters the harbor.

You are not allowed her to anchor off as in most Turkish Black Sea harbor. Moor either stern or bow to on the SW quay.

Warning: A local large ferry uses the breakwater. You can moor there side-to but if you do, you must be prepared to move when the ferry arrives.

Marinas & Yacht Clubs

None.

Anchorages

Unye

41°08′N, 37°17.4′E
Ünye, the Greek Oinaion (Οίναιον), is a pleasnt seaside town about half way between Samsun and Giresun. It was the stronghold of Andronicos I Komnenos, the grandfather of Alexios and David, the founders of the Trapezun or Eastern Byzantine Empire. Andronicos, after the death of his cousin Emmanuel I Komnenos the Byzantine emperor, went back to Constantinople, murdered his nephew Alexios, married his nephew's teenage wife, Agnes the Frank, and became the emperor.

You can anchor off in front of the town or anchor inside the small harbor ( 41°06.9′N, 37°21′E) about 5 km west of the town.

Ordu

40°59.4′N, 37°52.9′E
Another town east of Samsun and west of Giresun is Ordu the Greek Kotiora (Κοτύωρα), also founded by Ionian colonists from Sinope.

The restored Makrides Mansion (Pasaoglu) is worth a visit. It is now a museum. This was a very elegant building that shows a gracious life that ended in 1923 when the Pontic Greeks were forced to leave according to a treaty between Greece and Turkey after the tragic Greek-Turkish War which ended a Greek presence along the south coast of the Black Sea that went back for over two millennia.

You can anchor off here but only in settled weather. An overnight is not recommended.

Offshore Islands

None.

Yacht Repairs and Services

Marine Stores

None.

Repairs/Yards

None.

Fuel, Water, & Electricity

Fuel

Diesel can be delivered in Giresun Harbor, ask the harbormaster

Water

Can be arranged, for a price, in Giresun Harbor, ask the harbormaster

Electricity

Available is some places in Giresun Harbor, ask the harbormaster

Things to do Ashore

Tourism

The Makrides Mansion in Ordu - Click for larger view

Near the Castle of Giresum - Click for larger view

Greek Church now the City Museum in Giresum - Click for larger view

A visit to the Giresun Castle (Kale) is worth your while. The view form the castle is great. However the way up to the castle by foot can be very arduous, especially in the summer when it is hot and humid. It is better to drive. Within the castle there is a little restaurant under the shade of a large tree. The view is perfect and the peynirli (something like an oblong pizza) is excellent. This is one of the times that a western sailor wishes for an icy cold beer but unfortunately the proprietors are very religious (all the ladies wear full length costume) and serve nothing alcoholic.

Also worth seing is the City Museum that is housed in an 18th century Greek church. The exhibits are nothing special or very interesting save for some old photographs that give one a glimpse of what life at the old Pontos (Black Sea) used to be 100 years ago. Converitng a church into a museum, is I suppose, better than vandalizing it or letting it disintegrate, yet I am not too comfortable with the idea (--Istioploos 19:46, 17 December 2008 (UTC)).

Grocery & Supply Stores

• Several stores in the town
• Giresun produces excellent hazelnuts
• Open air market on Mondays and Fridays

Eateries

Good peynirli (something like an oblong pizza) at the Castle.

Internet/WiFi

Available?

Laundry

?

Motorbike & Car Rentals

?

Garbage Disposal

Trash cans.

Transportation

• Busses to Istanbul and other cities
• Dolmus (shared vans) within the town

Routes/Passages To/From

Popular passages/routes, timing, etc.

Cruiser's Friends

Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.

Forum Discussions

List links to discussion threads on partnering forums. (see link for requirements)

External Links

• Giresun (Wikipedia)
• Ünye (Wikipedia)
• Ordu (Wikipedia)

References & Publications

See Turkey & the Black Sea.

Personal Notes

Personal experiences?

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

• August 1999 --Istioploos

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Contributors to this page
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