Trabzon of the Ottomans ; It was a famous city for the Ottomans. It was conquered by Mehmet II, the conqueror of Konstantinople in 1461. Yavuz Sultan Selim before being the sultan of the Ottoman Empire hadruled this prince city. Sultan Suleyman known as Soliman the Magnificent born in Trabzon.
The Ayasofya church ; It was built by King Manuel I between 1250 and 1260. The floor is decorated with the opus sectila technique (large cut mosaic) using colored marbles.
Ataturk's house ; When Ataturk was in Trabzon he had stayed in this house. Amazed by the beauty of the European-style house from the 1890s, he said that the Turkish people deserve for everything. So he has decided to leave all his inheritance to the Turkish people.
Boztepe ; You can drink a Samovar tea on the Boztepe terrace and see Trabzon from a bird's eye view.
Bedesten ; You can have a short a stop in this market from the 11th century and buy typical souvenirs from Trabzon.
The Trabzon Museum (Kostaki Konagi) ; The monumetal house that is called Konak was built in the early 1900s by Kostaki Teophylaktos. Today it serves as an archaeological and ethnographic museum. You can see hove the life was in a Konak.
The Castle of Trabzon : Dynasty of Mithridates I of the Pontics (280 BC) and of the dynasty of I. Andronikos Komnenos (1204 AD) were founded in this castle.
Trabzon's natural riches are Çal Cave, Kayabası Plateau, Şolma Plateau, Uzungol lake, Karester Plateau and the tea plantations in Haremtepe.
The monastery of Sumela ; The Sumela monastery is built a natural cave dedicated to Virgin Mary in the 4th century AD. by the monks Barnabas and Sofronio, who came from Athens. The church was later expanded during the Byzantine Empire. In the Byzantine Empire era more chapels, rooms, warehouses, cellars, libraries with valuable manuscripts and parts for the sacred water (ayazma) that is important for the Orthodox Greeks have been added. In addition to the architecture of the Sumela Monastery, which is an important cultural treasure that continues to fascinate its visitors with its appearance. There are numerous frescoes from the Bible. Sumela was the most magnificent and hierarchical of the many monasteries in this region. As it was in the past, today it is the best known and most visited of the monasteries. Even after the conquest of Trabzon by the Ottomans, the monastery was used until 1923. The monastery of Sumela has been on the UNESCO Temporary List of World Cultural Heritage since 2000.
The Kustul Monastery and the Vazelon Monastery (from the year 270) are also found on cliffs like Sumela and are from the same time. Access to these monasteries is difficult and they are not restored.
The State of Komninos "The last Byzantines" ; The state of Komninos was founded in 1204 after the conquest of Istanbul by the Latins. It arose until 1461, until it was conquered by the generals of Mehmet II, who had conquered the city of Konstantinople, the capital of the Byzantine empire in 1453. The conquest of Trabzon (Trapezonda) generated a great repercussion in the Christian world after the conquest of Istanbul .
There are three important conquests of the Trapezonda city:
1-The conquest by Alexander the Great in 334 BC of the Persians.
2-The conquest by Pompei 65 BC of VI. Mithridates the King of Pontus.
3-The conquest by Mehmet II (conqueror) in 1461 by David Megas Komninos.
The State of Komninos had good relations with its neighbors, Georgians, Timurlenk, Akkoyunlular and Principalities of Anatolia. At the same time, maintain good cultural, religious and political relations with Russia and Serbia.