title: Alucra
text: Alucra is a town in Giresun Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey,  from the city of Giresun. It is the seat of Alucra District. Its population is 3,945 (2022). It was a district of Şebinkarahisar province between 1924-1933.
  
  Etymology
  Alucra is a modification of the Ottoman Empire name El Ücra meaning far-off or remote.
  
  Culture
  
  Local cuisine includes:
   Fit (Düü) Çorbası - a soup made of onions and bulgur wheat
   Yağlaç - a cornflour-based polenta-style meal
   Pancar Çorbası - beetroot soup
   Ekmek Aşı - dried bread soaked in a stew of fried meat with onions and hot pepper
   Ayran Çorbası - yoghurt soup
   Kesme Çorbası - a kind of local minestrone soup with lentils and dumplings
   Helle - a soupy dish of bulgur and mint
   Oğlak Kebabı - yeanling kebab
  In July, there is a well-known summer festival.
  
  History
  This area has firstly been settled by the Hittites in ancient times. During the Middle Ages, Alucra was the part of the Byzantine Empire, disrupted by the Arab armies of the Abbasid caliphate. 
  
  Turks first came to the area in their 11th century movement into Anatolia from their homeland in Central Asia following their defeat of the Byzantines at the Battle of Malazgirt. From 1054 this area was settled by the Kipchak Turks from southern Russia, who moved into the area along the Black Sea coast, under the loose authority of the Seljuk Turks.  The Seljuks assumed direct control by defeating the Mengujekids in 1228, but their rule came to an end with their defeat by the Mongol hordes at Kösedağ in 1243. 
  
  The Anatolian beyliks remerged despite the growth of the Ottoman Empire until the area was brought into Ottoman in 1473 with the defeat of Uzun Hasan by Sultan Mehmet II at the battle of Otlukbeli.
  
  Places of interest
  
  As well as walks in the high pastures (yayla), there are a number of historical sites:
   Kamışlı Kilisesi - a church in the village of Çakrak, built by Greeks in the 1800s
   Çakrak Kilisesi - a ruined church
   Gelinkaya (Bride's Rock - site of a gruesome local legend)
   Ikizler Tepesi - two hills near the village of Pirilli
  
  Notable natives
   Nurettin Canikli (born 1960), Turkish politician and former minister
  
  References
  
  External links
   Photos of Alucra - 1
   Photos of Alucra - 2
   Photos of Alucra - 3
   photos alucra and koman koyu
   Photos of the village of Akçiçek
   Village of Aktepe
   Village of Doludere
   and Tohumlu Tohumluk
  
  Populated places in Giresun Province
  Alucra District
  District municipalities in Turkey