Eynesil

Eynesil

Eynesil (Romanian: Ayvasil, Ágios Basílios) is a district on the Black Sea coast of Giresun, on the border of Trabzon. Eynesil is one of the regions where the kemençe and horon culture is felt most intensely and most authentically in the Eastern Black Sea Region. The known history of Eynesil dates back to B.C. It dates back to 1500. Eynesil, which was under the domination of the Hittite Empire during this period, remained under the rule of this state for about 300 years, then B.C. It came under the command of the Phrygian Confederation in 1200. The arrival of the Greeks to the region BC. It dates back to 756. After the Greeks B.C. In 670, the region met the Miletians. The Miletians established around 90 trade colonies on the Black Sea coast, including Eynesil. It is thought that the derelict and mostly destroyed castle in Eynesil (Görele Castle) was first built in this period. B.C. In 520, Eynesil was found within the Satrapy of Pontus. During this period, the Satrapy of Pontus, which was the 19th province of the Persian Empire, came under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Cappadocia about 200 years later. However, the turmoil in the Pontus Satrapy did not end, and in B.C. The Kingdom of Pontus was established in 298. This state B.C. In 91, it became the most powerful kingdom in Anatolia. This situation lasted until the Romans attacked the Pontus country. As a result of the attacks of the Romans, B.C. In 63, the Kingdom of Pontus disappeared. With the collapse of the Kingdom of Pontus, the region came under the rule of Galatia, which was affiliated with Rome. Although the period of Eynesil and the entire Eastern Black Sea coast under the rule of the Roman Empire seems to have ended with the division of the Roman Empire into two in 395, the rule of the Eastern Roman Empire in the district continued until 1204. In 1204, Eynesil came under the rule of the Trebizond Empire. The Trebizond Empire ended with the arrival of the Ottomans in the region in October 1461. In October 1461, about two months after Trabzon was captured by the Ottoman Empire, Eynesil also came under the rule of the Ottoman Empire in December 1461. The first Turkish tribe to arrive in the region was the Chepni. Chepni are a Turkish tribe known for their Alevism and being the disciples of Hacı Bektaşi Veli. The book titled Eynesil in All Its Aspects from Yesterday to Tomorrow, written by Lawyer Halil İbrahim Türkyılmaz, gives very detailed information about the Alevism of the Chepnis and the phenomenon of Alevism in the region. Eynesil remained a village connected to Trabzon for a long time. Eynesil, which was a village affiliated with Görele with the declaration of the Republic, became a subdistrict of this district in 1953, and became a district on April 1, 1960. The local culture of Giresun Turkmen Chepni's Clothing, Loincloth (loincloth), Hıdırellez, Herbivore migration, Funeral and collective work traditions continue in some places.