title: Perşembe
text: 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
  
  See also
   Cape Jason
  
  References
  
  External links
  
   District governor's official website 
   District municipality's official website 
   Road map of Perşembe and environs
   Various images of Perşembe, Ordu
  
  Populated places in Ordu Province
  Populated coastal places in Turkey
  Districts of Ordu Province
  Cittaslow
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey