Sürmene
title: "Sürmene" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sürmene", "populated-places-in-trabzon-province", "populated-coastal-places-in-turkey", "districts-of-trabzon-province", "metropolitan-district-municipalities-in-turkey"] topic_path: "geography/turkey" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sürmene" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | metro district |
| name | Sürmene |
| image_skyline | Memish Agha Mansion in Surmene.JPG |
| image_caption | Memiş Ağa Mansion in Sürmene |
| image_map | Trabzon location Sürmene.PNG |
| map_caption | Map showing Sürmene District in Trabzon Province |
| coordinates | |
| province | Trabzon |
| leader_party | AKP |
| leader_name | Rahmi Üstün |
| area_total_km2 | 166 |
| elevation_m | 20 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 25950 |
| population_as_of | 2022 |
| postal_code | 61600 |
| area_code | 0462 |
| website | |
| blank1_name | Climate |
| blank1_info | Cfa |
| :: |
| type = metro district | name = Sürmene | image_skyline = Memish Agha Mansion in Surmene.JPG | image_caption = Memiş Ağa Mansion in Sürmene | image_map = Trabzon location Sürmene.PNG | map_caption = Map showing Sürmene District in Trabzon Province | coordinates = | province = Trabzon | leader_party = AKP | leader_name = Rahmi Üstün | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 166 | elevation_m = 20 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 25950 | population_as_of = 2022 | postal_code = 61600 | area_code = 0462 | website = | blank1_name = Climate | blank1_info = Cfa Sürmene (; , Sourmena; , romanized as Sürmena[/e]) is a municipality and district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its area is 166 km2, and its population is 25,950 (2022). In ancient times the town of Hyssus or Hyssos () was nearby. The mayor is Rahmi Üstün (AKP).
Sürmene (Humurgan) is situated some 40 km east of Trabzon. Known in antiquity also as Susarmia or Augustopolis, it lies on the River Kora (Manahoz Deresi) and is best known as the place where Xenophon and his Ten Thousand fell sick after eating wild honey, an event which was confirmed by the local people. In the village of Kastil, 5 km to the west of Sürmene, stands a ruined medieval castle as well as the impressively restored 18th-century Yakupoğlu Memiş Ağa Konağı mansion. This was formerly the seat of the Yakupoğlu family, who lived here as rulers (derebeys, hence its alternative name of Derebeyli Kale, the Castle of the Derebeys) of the surrounding region relatively free of interference from the Ottoman government in faraway Constantinople/Istanbul.
Economy
Historically, Sürmene produced small amounts of manganese. The area also had mineral springs, and shipped bottled water to Istanbul.
Composition
There are 37 neighbourhoods in Sürmene District:
- Aksu
- Armutlu
- Aşağıovalı
- Balıklı
- Birlik
- Çamburnu
- Çamlıca
- Çarşı
- Çavuşlu
- Çiftesu
- Çimenli
- Dirlik
- Fındıcak
- Gültepe
- Güneyköy
- Kahraman
- Karacakaya
- Konak
- Koyuncular
- Küçükdere
- Muratlı
- Ormanseven
- Ortaköy
- Ortamahalle
- Oylum
- Petekli
- Soğuksu
- Üstündal
- Üzümlü
- Yazıoba
- Yemişli
- Yeniay
- Yeşilköy
- Yokuşbaşı
- Yukarıçavuşlu
- Yukarıovalı
- Zeytinli
Flora and fauna
According to WWF the largest amount of endemic flora is to be found in the Ağaçbaşı yayla (summer upland pasture) in Sürmene.
- Zehirli biberiye (Andromeda polifolia),
- Böcek yiyen bitkilerden Drosera,
- Pamukotu (Eriophorum angustifolium ve E. latifolium),
- Kurtayağı (Lycopodiella inundata),
- Kara ot (Rhynchospora alba)
Gallery
File:Surmene Ticaret Odasiii.jpg|alt=The Chamber of Commerce of Sürmene -It was the first chamber of commerce in Turkey|The Sürmeme Chamber of Commerce was the first chamber of commerce in Turkey File:Surmene rushdiye diplomasi.jpg|Sürmene Mekteb-i Rushdiye Sekbanlardan Ahmed Agha Shahadetnamesi (Diploma) File:300 yıllık mezar taşı çavuşlu.jpg|alt=Cavuszade Muhammed Agha's historical graveyard stone| Çavuşzade Muhammed Ağa's gravestone File:Ten Thousand March to Madur 2007.jpg|alt=Sürmene Festivali on the top of Madur mountain.|Sürmene Festival on the top of Madur mountain. File:Fatih Akin.jpg|alt=Fatih Akın Turkish film director from Çamburnu|Fatih Akın Turkish film director from Çamburnu, a village of Sürmene File:Persian Empire, 490 BC.png|alt=Ten Thousand's route to Sürmene|The route that brought Xenophon's Ten Thousand to Sürmene
References
References
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- "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping.
- "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports". [[TÜİK]].
- "An Overview of Rize's History". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
- "Humurgan". T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı.
- Prothero, W. G.. (1920). "Armenia and Kurdistan". H.M. Stationery Office.
- [https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- "Çavuşpaşa.ni̇noğlu. Muhammetağa. Bölük.no.13.Öl. 1718".
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