Perşembe

Perşembe (originated from Persian word "پنج شنبه(/pændʒʃænbɛ/)" meaning Thursday, formerly Vona, Βόνη in ancient Greek, also Heneti, ჰენეთი in Georgian and Laz languages) is a municipality and district of Ordu Province, Turkey. Its area is 217 km2, and its population is 30,101 (2022). The town lies on the Black Sea coast at an elevation of .

Legend and history Perşembe is on the Vona Peninsula on the Black Sea coast and is held to be the point where the legendary Jason and the Argonauts were forced to land during their struggle with the storms and currents of the Black Sea.

For a long time Vona was part of the Roman Empire and its successors the Byzantine Empire and Empire of Trebizond. This era ended in 1461 when Trebizond was overturned by Sultan Mehmet II and Vona was brought into the Ottoman Empire, although there was a Turkish (Chepni Tribes) community in the town before this date. By 1520 the port of Vona was a predominantly Muslim town.

The name of the town derives from the Persian word پنج‌شنبه (penc-şenbe) for Thursday.

Composition There are 54 neighbourhoods in Perşembe District:

Alınca Anaç Aziziye Babalı Bekirli Beyli Boğazcık Bolatlı Çamarası Çandır Çaytepe Çerli Çınar Dereiçi Doğanköy Düz Efirli Ekinciler Gündoğdu Güzelyurt Hacılar Hamidiye İmeçli İstanbulboğazı Kacalı Kaleyaka Kazancılı Kırlı Kovanlı Kozağzı Kurtuluş Kutluca Kuyluca Medreseönü Mersinköy Neneli Okçulu Ortatepe Ramazan Sarayköy Selimiye Şenyurt Sırakovancı Soğukpınar Tarlacık Tepecik Tepeköy Töngeldüzü Yarlı Yazlık Yeniköy Yeniöz Yeşilköy Yumrutaş