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Trabzon

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Country: Turkey

Population:244,209

Time Zone:UTC+3

Founded in 756 BC by Greek colonists from Miletus, Trabzon began as Trapezous and carries a long imperial legacy. On Turkey’s northeastern Black Sea coast, it later became the capital of the Empire of Trebizond, a Byzantine successor state formed after the Fourth Crusade. The city passed through Pontic, Roman, Byzantine and finally Ottoman rule, joining the Ottoman Empire in 1461.