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title="Sinop – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Sinop" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D9%BE" title="سینوپ – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سینوپ" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop_(T%C3%BCrkiye)" title="Sinop (Türkiye) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sinop (Türkiye)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF" title="Сіноп – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сіноп" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF" title="Синоп – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Синоп" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A6%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%93%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8D_(%E0%BD%8F%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%A2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%80%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8D)" title="སི་ནོ་པེ། (ཏུར་ཀི།) – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="སི་ནོ་པེ། (ཏུར་ཀི།)" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinope" title="Sinope – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sinope" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop" title="Sinop – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sinop" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop" title="Sinop – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sinop" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8E%CF%80%CE%B7" title="Σινώπη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σινώπη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinope_(Turqu%C3%ADa)" title="Sinope (Turquía) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sinope (Turquía)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop_(Turkio)" title="Sinop (Turkio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sinop (Turkio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinope_(Turkia)" title="Sinope (Turkia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sinope (Turkia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8" title="سینوب – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سینوب" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop_(ville)" title="Sinop (ville) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sinop (ville)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop" title="Sinop – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Sinop" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinope" title="Sinope – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sinope" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A4%D9%BE" title="سينؤپ – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="سينؤپ" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EB%85%B8%ED%94%84" title="시노프 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="시노프" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%BA" title="Սինոպ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սինոպ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop,_Turki" title="Sinop, Turki – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sinop, Turki" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF" title="Синоп – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Синоп" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinope" title="Sinope – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sinope" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A4" title="סינופ – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סינופ" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98" title="სინოპი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სინოპი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop" title="Sinop – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Sinop" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop_(Uturuki)" title="Sinop (Uturuki) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Sinop (Uturuki)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%AEnob" title="Sînob – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Sînob" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF" title="Синоп – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Синоп" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinope" title="Sinope – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Sinope" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinopa" title="Sinopa – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Sinopa" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop_(telep%C3%BCl%C3%A9s)" title="Sinop (település) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Sinop (település)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8" title="سينوب – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سينوب" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8" title="سینوب – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="سینوب" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop,_Turki" title="Sinop, Turki – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sinop, Turki" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop_(stad)" title="Sinop (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sinop (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8E%E3%83%97" title="スィノプ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スィノプ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF" title="Синоп – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Синоп" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop_(Tyrkia)" title="Sinop (Tyrkia) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sinop (Tyrkia)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop" title="Sinop – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Sinop" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinop" title="Sinop – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Sinop" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D9%BE" title="سینوپ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سینوپ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl 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data-file-height="2096" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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style="position:relative;width:270px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkey_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sinop is located in Turkey"><img alt="Sinop is located in Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Turkey_adm_location_map.svg/270px-Turkey_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Turkey_adm_location_map.svg/405px-Turkey_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Turkey_adm_location_map.svg/540px-Turkey_adm_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1578" data-file-height="721" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:6.762%;left:49.751%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sinop"><img alt="Sinop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Sinop</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Turkey</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sinop,_Turkey&params=42_01_36_N_35_09_04_E_region:TR_type:adm1st_dim:100000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°01′36″N</span> <span class="longitude">35°09′04″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.02667°N 35.15111°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.02667; 35.15111</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sinop_Province" title="Sinop Province">Sinop</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Turkey" title="Districts of Turkey">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sinop_District" title="Sinop District">Sinop</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Metin Gürbüz (<a href="/wiki/Republican_People%27s_Party" title="Republican People's Party">CHP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">57,404</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Turkey" title="Time in Turkey">TRT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Turkey" title="Postal codes in Turkey">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">57000</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Turkey" title="Telephone numbers in Turkey">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0368</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">Cfa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sinop.bel.tr/">www<wbr />.sinop<wbr />.bel<wbr />.tr</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sinop</b>, historically known as <b>Sinope</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248666159">.mw-parser-output .tfd-dated{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .tfd-default{border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);clear:both;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tfd-tiny{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tfd-inline{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1)}.mw-parser-output .tfd-sidebar{border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);text-align:center;position:relative}@media(min-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .tfd-sidebar{clear:right;float:right;width:22em}}</style><span class="tfd tfd-dated tfd-tiny"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_12#Template:Lang-grc-gre" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 November 12">‹See Tfd›</a></span><a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Σινώπη</span></span>, <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Sinōpē</i></span>), is a city on the isthmus of İnce Burun (İnceburun, Cape Ince) and on the <a href="/wiki/Boztepe_Peninsula" title="Boztepe Peninsula">Boztepe Peninsula</a>, near Cape Sinope (Sinop Burnu, Boztepe Cape, Boztepe Burnu) which is situated on the northernmost edge of the Turkish side of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> coast, in the ancient region of <a href="/wiki/Paphlagonia" title="Paphlagonia">Paphlagonia</a>, in modern-day northern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. It is the seat of <a href="/wiki/Sinop_Province" title="Sinop Province">Sinop Province</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sinop_District" title="Sinop District">Sinop District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-il_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-il-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its population is 57,404 (2022).<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SINOP.ADALET_SARAYI_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/SINOP.ADALET_SARAYI_-_panoramio.jpg/260px-SINOP.ADALET_SARAYI_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/SINOP.ADALET_SARAYI_-_panoramio.jpg/390px-SINOP.ADALET_SARAYI_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/SINOP.ADALET_SARAYI_-_panoramio.jpg/520px-SINOP.ADALET_SARAYI_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4352" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Sinop Palace of Justice.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SINOP_OGRETMEN_EVI_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/SINOP_OGRETMEN_EVI_-_panoramio.jpg/260px-SINOP_OGRETMEN_EVI_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/SINOP_OGRETMEN_EVI_-_panoramio.jpg/390px-SINOP_OGRETMEN_EVI_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/SINOP_OGRETMEN_EVI_-_panoramio.jpg/520px-SINOP_OGRETMEN_EVI_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4352" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Sinop teachers residence.</figcaption></figure> <p>Over a period of approximately 2,500 years, Sinope has at various times been settled by <a href="/wiki/Colchians" class="mw-redirect" title="Colchians">Colchians</a> and then the <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> (in the late 7th, late 5th, and 4th–3rd centuries BC) and by <a href="/wiki/Turkic_peoples" title="Turkic peoples">Turkic people</a> beginning in the 13th century. In the 19th and 20th centuries it was also settled by the <i><a href="/wiki/Muhacir" title="Muhacir">muhacir</a></i> who immigrated from the <a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-doonan_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doonan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Greek colony of Sinope (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Σινώπη</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">Sinṓpē</i></span>) was founded by <a href="/wiki/Ionians" title="Ionians">Ionians</a> from the city of <a href="/wiki/Miletus" title="Miletus">Miletus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sinope issued its own coinage, founded colonies, and gave its name to a red earth pigment called <a href="/wiki/Sinopia" title="Sinopia">sinopia</a>, which was mined in <a href="/wiki/Cappadocia" title="Cappadocia">Cappadocia</a> for use throughout the ancient world.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some scholars have dated the earliest <a href="/wiki/History_of_Ancient_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Ancient Greece">Greek</a> colonization of Sinope to the 7th c. BC, while others have proposed an earlier date in the 8th c. While literary evidence exists supporting earlier settlement, archaeological evidence has been found of Greek settlement around the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> region beginning in the late 7th century.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sinope was strategically located among the trade routes that were developing on the southern Coast of the Black Sea, but remained relatively isolated from other inland communities until the 4th century BC.<sup id="cite_ref-doonan_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doonan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is literary evidence of early links between <a href="/wiki/Colchis" title="Colchis">Colchis</a> and Sinope in mythological tradition. <a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s writings link the legendary founder of Sinope, <a href="/wiki/Autolycus" title="Autolycus">Autolycus</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Jason" title="Jason">Jason</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Argonauts" title="Argonauts">Argonauts</a>. <a href="/wiki/Polybius" title="Polybius">Polybius</a> described Sinope as being "on the way to <a href="/wiki/Phasis_(town)" title="Phasis (town)">Phasis</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-colchis_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colchis-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Persian <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s northward expansion in the 4th century disrupted Sinope's control over its eastern colonies, including <a href="/wiki/Trabzon" title="Trabzon">Trapezus</a> (present day Trabzon). The <a href="/wiki/Satrap" title="Satrap">satrap</a> <a href="/wiki/Datames" title="Datames">Datames</a> briefly occupied the city around 375 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oup_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oup-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is archaeological evidence of increased economic activity between the port city of Sinope and the surrounding inland areas during between 4th and 1st c. BC. Sinope appears to have maintained its independence from the dominion of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a>, and with the help of <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a> turned back an assault led by <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_II_of_Pontus" title="Mithridates II of Pontus">Mithridates II of Pontus</a> in 220 BC. Sinope eventually fell to <a href="/wiki/Pharnaces_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharnaces I">Pharnaces I</a> in 183 BC, after which it became the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Pontic_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontic Kingdom">Pontic Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-doonan_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doonan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oup_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oup-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterhouse-Diogenes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Waterhouse-Diogenes.jpg/220px-Waterhouse-Diogenes.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="344" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Waterhouse-Diogenes.jpg/330px-Waterhouse-Diogenes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Waterhouse-Diogenes.jpg/440px-Waterhouse-Diogenes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3202" data-file-height="5000" /></a><figcaption>Sinope is the birthplace of the famous Greek philosopher <a href="/wiki/Diogenes" title="Diogenes">Diogenes</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> general <a href="/wiki/Lucullus" title="Lucullus">Lucullus</a> conquered Sinope in 70 BC, and <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> established a <a href="/wiki/Roman_colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman colony">Roman colony</a> there, Colonia Julia Felix, in 47 BC. <a href="/wiki/Mithradates_Eupator" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithradates Eupator">Mithradates Eupator</a> was born and buried at Sinope, and it was the birthplace of <a href="/wiki/Diogenes_of_Sinope" class="mw-redirect" title="Diogenes of Sinope">Diogenes</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Diphilus" title="Diphilus">Diphilus</a>, poet and actor of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_comedy" title="Ancient Greek comedy">New Attic comedy</a>, of the historian Baton, and of the Christian heretic of the 2nd century AD, <a href="/wiki/Marcion_of_Sinope" title="Marcion of Sinope">Marcion</a>. </p><p>After the division of the Roman Empire in 395, Sinope remained with the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Eastern Roman Empire</a>. Its history in the early Byzantine period is obscure, except for isolated events: it was used by <a href="/wiki/Justinian_II" title="Justinian II">Justinian II</a> as a base from which to reconnoitre <a href="/wiki/Chersonesus_Taurica" class="mw-redirect" title="Chersonesus Taurica">Cherson</a>, participated in the rebellion of the <a href="/wiki/Armeniac_Theme" title="Armeniac Theme">Armeniac Theme</a> in 793, was the site of <a href="/wiki/Theophobos" title="Theophobos">Theophobos</a>' proclamation as emperor by his <a href="/wiki/Khurramite" class="mw-redirect" title="Khurramite">Khurramite</a> troops in 838, and suffered its only attack by the Arabs in 858.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1081, the city was captured by the <a href="/wiki/Seljuk_Turks" class="mw-redirect" title="Seljuk Turks">Seljuk Turks</a>, who found there a sizeable treasury, but Sinope was soon recovered by <a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" title="Alexios I Komnenos">Alexios I Komnenos</a>, ushering a period of prosperity under the <a href="/wiki/Komnenian_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Komnenian dynasty">Komnenian dynasty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(1204)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Constantinople (1204)">sacking</a> of <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Crusade" title="Fourth Crusade">Fourth Crusade</a> in 1204, it was captured for the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Trebizond" title="Empire of Trebizond">Empire of Trebizond</a> by <a href="/wiki/David_Komnenos" title="David Komnenos">David Komnenos</a>, until the Seljuk Turks of <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_R%C3%BBm" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate of Rûm">Rûm</a> successfully <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sinope" title="Siege of Sinope">captured the city</a> in 1214.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city returned briefly to Trapezuntine rule in 1254, but returned to Turkish control in 1265, where it has remained since.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After 1265, Sinop became home to two successive independent <a href="/wiki/Emirate" title="Emirate">emirates</a> following the fall of the Seljuks: the <a href="/wiki/Perv%C3%A2ne" class="mw-redirect" title="Pervâne">Pervâne</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Jandarids" class="mw-redirect" title="Jandarids">Jandarids</a>. During his march on <a href="/wiki/Trabzon" title="Trabzon">Trebizond</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> Sultan <a href="/wiki/Mehmet_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehmet II">Mehmet II</a> overawed Ismail, the emir of Sinop, and forced him to surrender the city without a fight. Mehmet took possession in late June 1461, exiling Ismail to Philippopolis (modern <a href="/wiki/Plovdiv" title="Plovdiv">Plovdiv</a>) in northern Thrace.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ibn_Battuta" title="Ibn Battuta">Ibn Battuta</a> visited the city and stayed for about forty days. He noted it was "a superb city which combines fortification with beautification."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1614, Sinop was targeted by <a href="/wiki/Zaporozhian_Cossacks" title="Zaporozhian Cossacks">Cossack</a> raiders and extensively looted and burned in an event which shocked Ottoman contemporaries.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 1853, at the start of the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sinop" title="Battle of Sinop">Battle of Sinop</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Russia">Russians</a>, under the command of Admiral <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Nakhimov" title="Pavel Nakhimov">Nakhimov</a>, destroyed an Ottoman frigate squadron in Sinop, leading Britain and France to declare war on Russia. </p><p>In the late 19th and early 20th century, Sinop was part of the <a href="/wiki/Kastamonu_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kastamonu Vilayet">Kastamonu Vilayet</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>. </p><p>As of 1920, Sinop was described as populated mainly by <a href="/wiki/Pontic_Greeks" title="Pontic Greeks">Greeks</a> with an approximate population of 8,000. It was also considered the "safest" port "between <a href="/wiki/Bosphorus" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosphorus">Bosphorus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Batumi" title="Batumi">Batum</a>", at the time. During this period, the port was exporting <a href="/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a>, seeds, timber and hides. They imported produce, coal and hardware.<sup id="cite_ref-Prothero73_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prothero73-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Greek inhabitants left in 1923 after the <a href="/wiki/Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey" title="Population exchange between Greece and Turkey">Population Exchange</a> between Greece and Turkey, with many settling in <a href="/wiki/Nea_Sinopi" title="Nea Sinopi">Nea Sinopi</a>. </p><p>Sinop hosted a <a href="/wiki/US_military" class="mw-redirect" title="US military">US military</a> base and radar that was important for intelligence during the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold War era">Cold War era</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The US base was closed in 1992. </p><p>Explorer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ballard" title="Robert Ballard">Robert Ballard</a> discovered an ancient ship wreck north west of Sinop in the Black Sea and was shown on <a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="National Geographic Channel">National Geographic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Numismatics">Numismatics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Numismatics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coinage_of_Abrocomas_Sinope_Paphlagonia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Coinage_of_Abrocomas_Sinope_Paphlagonia.jpg/300px-Coinage_of_Abrocomas_Sinope_Paphlagonia.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Coinage_of_Abrocomas_Sinope_Paphlagonia.jpg/450px-Coinage_of_Abrocomas_Sinope_Paphlagonia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Coinage_of_Abrocomas_Sinope_Paphlagonia.jpg/600px-Coinage_of_Abrocomas_Sinope_Paphlagonia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1995" data-file-height="1016" /></a><figcaption>Coinage of <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid" class="mw-redirect" title="Achaemenid">Achaemenid</a> satrap <a href="/wiki/Abrocomas" title="Abrocomas">Abrocomas</a>, Sinope, <a href="/wiki/Paphlagonia" title="Paphlagonia">Paphlagonia</a>, circa 400-385 BC.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Diogenes_statue_in_Sinop-bg1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Diogenes_statue_in_Sinop-bg1.jpg/220px-Diogenes_statue_in_Sinop-bg1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Diogenes_statue_in_Sinop-bg1.jpg/330px-Diogenes_statue_in_Sinop-bg1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Diogenes_statue_in_Sinop-bg1.jpg/440px-Diogenes_statue_in_Sinop-bg1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Statue of <a href="/wiki/Diogenes" title="Diogenes">Diogenes</a> at Sinop.</figcaption></figure> <p>Greek coins featuring an eagle holding a dolphin or marine animal in its talons have been found in Sinope, <a href="/wiki/Histria_(ancient_city)" title="Histria (ancient city)">Istria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olbia_(Pontic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Olbia (Pontic)">Olbia</a>. Located in present-day Turkey, Romania and Ukraine respectively, all three were colonies of Miletus. The coins circulated between c. 450 and 325 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coins of the "Sinope type" continued to be issued by Persians under Achaemenid rule in the 4th century BC. At least two Persian issuers of such coins have been studied in some detail: the <a href="/wiki/Satrap" title="Satrap">satrap</a> <a href="/wiki/Datames" title="Datames">Datames</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cappadocia" title="Cappadocia">Cappadocia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ariarathes_I_of_Cappadocia" title="Ariarathes I of Cappadocia">Ariarathes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sinop is located on a <a href="/wiki/Promontory" title="Promontory">promontory</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus" title="Isthmus">narrowest point</a> of the Black Sea. It has two harbors and is located along the southern shore of the Black Sea, near the shortest crossing to the <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a>. The nearby mountainous terrain is green and noted for its <a href="/wiki/Lumber" title="Lumber">timber</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-doonan_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doonan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oup_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oup-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sinop has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Cfa,</i> <a href="/wiki/Trewartha_climate_classification" title="Trewartha climate classification">Trewartha</a><i>: Cf</i>). </p><p> Sinop has warm summers with an average daytime high of 26 °C (79 °F), and temperatures rarely exceed 30 °C (86 °F). The winters are cool and wet, the average for February is just below 7 °C (45 °F). Snowfall is occasional December to March, sometimes lasting a week or two.</p><div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Sinop, Turkey (1991–2020, extremes 1936–2024) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.6<br />(92.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.2<br />(91.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0F00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.3<br />(102.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(93.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF0F00; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">39.3<br />(102.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9<br />(62.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2<br />(48.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(40.8) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(42.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.1<br />(53.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.2<br />(20.8) </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.5<br />(18.5) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.4<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.7<br />(30.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(33.3) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.2<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.1<br />(24.6) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−8.4<br />(16.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.4<br />(2.89) </td> <td style="background: #A6FFA6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.4<br />(2.14) </td> <td style="background: #A5FFA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.1<br />(2.37) </td> <td style="background: #C5FFC5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.3<br />(1.47) </td> <td style="background: #CBFFCB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(1.36) </td> <td style="background: #C2FFC2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.1<br />(1.54) </td> <td style="background: #CAFFCA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(1.40) </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(1.46) </td> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.6<br />(2.94) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.4<br />(3.72) </td> <td style="background: #7FFF7F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.9<br />(3.26) </td> <td style="background: #63FF63; color:#000000;" class="notheme">104.4<br />(4.11) </td> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">727.8<br />(28.65) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days </th> <td style="background: #3C3CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.80 </td> <td style="background: #4E4EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.00 </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.77 </td> <td style="background: #6E6EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.37 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.17 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.47 </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.83 </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.30 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.10 </td> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.73 </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.17 </td> <td style="background: #3737FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.13 </td> <td style="background: #7070FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">135.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">71 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #717171; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62.0 </td> <td style="background: #999999; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.3 </td> <td style="background: #B5B566; color:#000000;" class="notheme">117.8 </td> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">159.0 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">186.0 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">234.0 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">269.7 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">248.0 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">183.0 </td> <td style="background: #B8B855; color:#000000;" class="notheme">124.0 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.0 </td> <td style="background: #6B6B6B; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">58.9 </td> <td style="background: #C5C504; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,805.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #727272; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2.0 </td> <td style="background: #9B9B9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7 </td> <td style="background: #B6B661; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #B8B850; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0 </td> <td style="background: #A6A6A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9 </td> <td style="background: #6D6D6D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #C5C502; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Turkish_State_Meteorological_Service" title="Turkish State Meteorological Service">Turkish State Meteorological Service</a><sup id="cite_ref-TSMS_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSMS-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Weatherbase <sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 1920, Sinop was producing embroidered <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> cloth. They also were known for <a href="/wiki/Boatbuilding" class="mw-redirect" title="Boatbuilding">boatbuilding</a>. The boats produced in Sinop were described by a British observer as being of "primitive design but sound workmanship."<sup id="cite_ref-Prothero112_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prothero112-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sinop was slated to be the site of the <a href="/wiki/Sinop_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Sinop Nuclear Power Plant">Sinop Nuclear Power Plant</a>, a $15.8 billion <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power" title="Nuclear power">nuclear power</a> plant to be developed by <a href="/wiki/Elektrik_%C3%9Cretim" class="mw-redirect" title="Elektrik Üretim">Elektrik Üretim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Engie" title="Engie">Engie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries" title="Mitsubishi Heavy Industries">Mitsubishi Heavy Industries</a> and <a href="/wiki/Itochu" title="Itochu">Itochu</a>. The plant would consist of four reactors, with construction to begin in 2017 and completion by 2028.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project was cancelled in 2018. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_and_other_attractions">Cultural and other attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cultural and other attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sinop,_north_walls.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sinop%2C_north_walls.jpg/220px-Sinop%2C_north_walls.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sinop%2C_north_walls.jpg/330px-Sinop%2C_north_walls.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sinop%2C_north_walls.jpg/440px-Sinop%2C_north_walls.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>North walls of Sinop Fortress.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alaattin_Keykubat_Camii_1214.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Alaattin_Keykubat_Camii_1214.jpg/220px-Alaattin_Keykubat_Camii_1214.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Alaattin_Keykubat_Camii_1214.jpg/330px-Alaattin_Keykubat_Camii_1214.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Alaattin_Keykubat_Camii_1214.jpg/440px-Alaattin_Keykubat_Camii_1214.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="685" /></a><figcaption>Alaaddin Mosque.</figcaption></figure> <p>Visitor attraction places in Sinop are:<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Pasha Bastion</b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Paşa Tabyası</i>) is a half-moon coastal <a href="/wiki/Bastion" title="Bastion">bastion</a>, a semi-circular fortification, situated southeast of Sinop Peninsula. It was constructed to protect the city against attacks coming from the Black Sea during the Russo-Turkish War, <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a> (1853–1856). It features an <a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">artillery battery</a> of eleven cannons, an arsenal and basement. Today, it is used as a place for refreshments premise.<sup id="cite_ref-sam1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sam1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Historic Water Tunnel</b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Tarihi Su Kanalı</i>) is an ancient underground water supply channel situated at Sülüklü Göl (literally: Lake of <a href="/wiki/Leech" title="Leech">Leeches</a>. Dug in rock, it is about 230 m (750 ft) long and has a clearance of 1.50 m (4.9 ft). There exists a 20–30 m (66–98 ft) high cylindrical ventilation shaft of 1.50 m (4.9 ft) diameter.<sup id="cite_ref-sam1_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sam1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Balatlar_Church" title="Balatlar Church">Balatlar Church</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Balatlar Kilisesi</i>) is a ruined church from the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> period. It is partly preserved as only the chapel vault is in undamaged condition while other parts of the church have no roof any more. <a href="/wiki/Fresco" title="Fresco">Fresco</a> paintings on the chapel's ceiling and on the <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> walls are still intact.<sup id="cite_ref-sam1_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sam1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Serapeum</b> is a ruined <a href="/wiki/Temple" title="Temple">temple</a> dedicated to the combined <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenistic civilization">Hellenistic</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Ancient Egyptian</a> <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_deities" title="Ancient Egyptian deities">deity</a> <a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a>, situated in the southwestern corner in the yard of <a href="/wiki/Sinop_Archaeological_Museum" title="Sinop Archaeological Museum">Sinop Archaeological Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-m_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Alaaddin_Mosque_(Sinop)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaaddin Mosque (Sinop)">Alaaddin Mosque</a></b> is a 13th-century mosque of <a href="/wiki/Anatolian_Seljuk_architecture" title="Anatolian Seljuk architecture">Seljuk architecture</a> named after its endower Sultan <a href="/wiki/Kayqubad_I" title="Kayqubad I">Alaaddin Kayqubad I</a> (1188–1237).<sup id="cite_ref-skt1_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skt1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Pervane_Medrese" title="Pervane Medrese">Pervane Medrese</a></b> is a former <a href="/wiki/Madrasa" title="Madrasa">Islamic religious school</a>, which was closed down after the proclamation of the <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Republic</a>. The 13th-century building was used as a depot for archaeological artifacts and ethnographic items from 1932 on, and served as a museum between 1941 and 1970. It hosts souvenir shops today.<sup id="cite_ref-skt1_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skt1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Sinop_Fortress_Prison#Sinop_Fortress" title="Sinop Fortress Prison">Sinop Fortress</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Sinop Kalesi</i>) is a fortification surrounding the peninsula and the isthmus of Sinop. It was built initially by migrants from <a href="/wiki/Miletus" title="Miletus">Miletus</a> in the 8th century BC. The fortress underwent reparation and expansion to its current extent during the reign of King <a href="/wiki/Mithridates_IV_of_Pontus" title="Mithridates IV of Pontus">Mithridates IV of Pontus</a> in the 2nd century BC after its destruction by the <a href="/wiki/Cimmerians" title="Cimmerians">Cimmerians</a> in the 7th century BC. Some parts of the fortress, especially the north walls, are ruined.<sup id="cite_ref-skt2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skt2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Sinop_Fortress_Prison" title="Sinop Fortress Prison">Sinop Fortress Prison</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Sinop Tarihi Cezaevi</i>) is a defunct state prison situated inside the Sinop Fortress. Served between 1887 and 1997, the prison rose to fame when it featured in many literature works of notable authors, who were inmates of the prison for political reasons. It became also a shooting set for many movies and television series. It is a prison museum today.<sup id="cite_ref-sam2_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sam2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Sinop_Archaeological_Museum" title="Sinop Archaeological Museum">Sinop Archaeological Museum</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Sinop Arkeoloji Müzesi</i>) is a 1941-established archaeological museum exhibiting artifacts dating back to <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Early Bronze Age</a> and from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods as well.<sup id="cite_ref-skt3_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skt3-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop_Ethnographic_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sinop Ethnographic Museum (page does not exist)">Sinop Ethnographic Museum</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Sinop Etnografya Müzesi</i>) is a museum of <a href="/wiki/Ethnography" title="Ethnography">ethnographic</a> exhibits belonging to the cultural history of the region. It is situated in a large 18th-century mansion.<sup id="cite_ref-sam3_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sam3-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Diogenes" title="Statue of Diogenes">Statue of Diogenes</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Diyojen Heykeli</i>) is a monument to the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a> philosopher <a href="/wiki/Diogenes_of_Sinope" class="mw-redirect" title="Diogenes of Sinope">Diogenes of Sinope</a> born in Sinop in about 412 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-rs_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rs-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Historical</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aquila_of_Sinope" title="Aquila of Sinope">Aquila of Sinope</a> (2nd century), Bible translator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diogenes_of_Sinope" class="mw-redirect" title="Diogenes of Sinope">Diogenes of Sinope</a> (412 or 404 BC–323 BC), philosopher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diphilus" title="Diphilus">Diphilus</a> (4th century BC), Middle Comedy playwright</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazi_Chelebi" title="Gazi Chelebi">Gazi Chelebi</a> (14th century), naval commander</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0sfendiyar_Bey" class="mw-redirect" title="İsfendiyar Bey">İsfendiyar Bey</a> of the Candar beylik</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcion_of_Sinope" title="Marcion of Sinope">Marcion of Sinope</a> (c. 85–160), founder of <a href="/wiki/Marcionism" title="Marcionism">Marcionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithridates VI of Pontus">Mithridates VI of Pontus</a> (134–63 BC), king of Pontus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phocas,_Bishop_of_Sinope" title="Phocas, Bishop of Sinope">Phocas, Bishop of Sinope</a> (died 117)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Phocas" title="Saint Phocas">Saint Phocas</a> (c. 300)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helen_of_Sinope" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Helen of Sinope">Saint Helen of Sinope</a> (18th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seydi_Ali_Reis" title="Seydi Ali Reis">Seydi Ali Reis</a>, Ottoman admiral, writer and scientist, was born into a family who was originally from Sinop.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Contemporary</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R%C4%B1za_Nur" title="Rıza Nur">Rıza Nur</a> (1879–1942), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmet_Muhip_D%C4%B1ranas" title="Ahmet Muhip Dıranas">Ahmet Muhip Dıranas</a> (1909–1980), poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necmettin_Erbakan" title="Necmettin Erbakan">Necmettin Erbakan</a> (1926–2011), former prime minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_Maximus_V_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarch Maximus V of Constantinople">Patriarch Maximus V of Constantinople</a> (1897–1972), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metin_Tu%C4%9Flu" title="Metin Tuğlu">Metin Tuğlu</a> (1984–), footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakan_%C3%9Cnsal" title="Hakan Ünsal">Hakan Ünsal</a> (1973–), footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinan_Uzun" title="Sinan Uzun">Sinan Uzun</a> (1990–), footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6k%C3%A7e_Aky%C4%B1ld%C4%B1z" title="Gökçe Akyıldız">Gökçe Akyıldız</a> (1992-), actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ay%C3%A7a_Ay%C5%9Fin_Turan" title="Ayça Ayşin Turan">Ayça Ayşin Turan</a> (1992-) actress</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sinope has given its name to the outermost satellite of <a href="/wiki/Jupiter" title="Jupiter">Jupiter</a>. A <a href="/wiki/List_of_craters_on_Mars#S" title="List of craters on Mars">crater on Mars</a> is named after Sinop too. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Sinop,_Turkey" title="Special:EditPage/Sinop, Turkey">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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title="Bahrain"><img alt="Bahrain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Riffa" title="Riffa">Riffa</a>, Bahrain</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman"><img alt="Oman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/35px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/46px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Izki" title="Izki">Izki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A4rve,_Tallinn" title="Järve, Tallinn">Järve, Tallinn</a>, Estonia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sinop-tarihi-resim.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sinop old city on an Ottoman era postcard."><img alt="Sinop old city on an Ottoman era postcard." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Sinop-tarihi-resim.jpg/200px-Sinop-tarihi-resim.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Sinop-tarihi-resim.jpg/300px-Sinop-tarihi-resim.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Sinop-tarihi-resim.jpg/400px-Sinop-tarihi-resim.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="511" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sinop old city on an Ottoman era postcard.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sinop-museum.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sinop Museum."><img alt="Sinop Museum." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Sinop-museum.JPG/200px-Sinop-museum.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Sinop-museum.JPG/300px-Sinop-museum.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Sinop-museum.JPG/400px-Sinop-museum.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sinop Museum.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sinop-Marina_port_area.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sinop Marina."><img alt="Sinop Marina." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Sinop-Marina_port_area.jpg/200px-Sinop-Marina_port_area.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Sinop-Marina_port_area.jpg/300px-Sinop-Marina_port_area.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Sinop-Marina_port_area.jpg/400px-Sinop-Marina_port_area.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3296" data-file-height="2472" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sinop Marina.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sinop-ruine4.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sinop Fortress Ruins."><img alt="Sinop Fortress Ruins." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Sinop-ruine4.JPG/200px-Sinop-ruine4.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Sinop-ruine4.JPG/300px-Sinop-ruine4.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Sinop-ruine4.JPG/400px-Sinop-ruine4.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sinop Fortress Ruins.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sinop-ruine2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sinop Fortress Ruins."><img alt="Sinop Fortress Ruins." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Sinop-ruine2.JPG/200px-Sinop-ruine2.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Sinop-ruine2.JPG/300px-Sinop-ruine2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Sinop-ruine2.JPG/400px-Sinop-ruine2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sinop Fortress Ruins.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perv%C3%A2neo%C4%9Flu" title="Pervâneoğlu">Pervâneoğlu dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isfendiyarids" class="mw-redirect" title="Isfendiyarids">Isfendiyarids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazi_%C3%87elebi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gazi Çelebi">Gazi Çelebi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquila_of_Sinope" title="Aquila of Sinope">Aquila of Sinope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinope_Gospels" title="Sinope Gospels">Sinope Gospels</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en">"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(XLS)</span>. <a href="/wiki/T%C3%9C%C4%B0K" class="mw-redirect" title="TÜİK">TÜİK</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 May</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Address-based+population+registration+system+%28ADNKS%29+results+dated+31+December+2022%2C+Favorite+Reports&rft.pub=T%C3%9C%C4%B0K&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbiruni.tuik.gov.tr%2Fmedas%2F%3Fkn%3D95%26locale%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinop%2C+Turkey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-il-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-il_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx">İl Belediyesi</a>, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-doonan-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-doonan_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-doonan_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-doonan_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-doonan_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDoonan2004" class="citation book cs1">Doonan, Owen P. (2004). "Colonizing the Lands of Sinop". <i>Sinop Landscapes: Exploring Connection in a Black Sea Hinterland</i>. University of Pennsylvania Press, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pp. 69–92. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781931707657" title="Special:BookSources/9781931707657"><bdi>9781931707657</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt3fj358.11">j.ctt3fj358.11</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Colonizing+the+Lands+of+Sinop&rft.btitle=Sinop+Landscapes%3A+Exploring+Connection+in+a+Black+Sea+Hinterland&rft.pages=69-92&rft.pub=University+of+Pennsylvania+Press%2C+University+of+Pennsylvania+Museum+of+Archaeology+and+Anthropology&rft.date=2004&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctt3fj358.11%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.isbn=9781931707657&rft.aulast=Doonan&rft.aufirst=Owen+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinop%2C+Turkey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>See</i> <a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a> XII.iii.1 1; <a href="/wiki/Diodorus_Siculus" title="Diodorus Siculus">Diodorus Siculus</a>, <i>Historical Library</i> 14.31.2; <a href="/wiki/Pseudo-Scymnus" title="Pseudo-Scymnus">Pseudo-Scymnus</a> 995-96; <a href="/wiki/Eusebius" title="Eusebius">Eusebius</a>, <i>Chronographia</i> 631/30 BCE; <i>See also</i> Doonan, <i>Sinop Landscapes</i> p. 71 for details of archaeological research</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompson1956" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, Daniel V. (1956). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/materialstechniq00thom"><i>The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting</i></a></span>. New York: Dover Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-486-20327-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-486-20327-1"><bdi>0-486-20327-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Materials+and+Techniques+of+Medieval+Painting&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Dover+Publications&rft.date=1956&rft.isbn=0-486-20327-1&rft.aulast=Thompson&rft.aufirst=Daniel+V.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmaterialstechniq00thom&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinop%2C+Turkey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGorman2001" class="citation book cs1">Gorman, Vanessa B. 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BRILL. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-22388-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-04-22388-2"><bdi>978-90-04-22388-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sinope%2C+The+Results+of+Fifteen+Years+of+Research.+Proceedings+of+the+International+Symposium%2C+7-9+May+2009%3A+Sinope%2C+Un+%C3%A9tat+de+la+question+apr%C3%A8s+quinze+ans+de+travaux.+Actes+du+Symposium+International%2C+7-9+May+2009&rft.pub=BRILL&rft.date=2011-10-06&rft.isbn=978-90-04-22388-2&rft.aulast=Tezg%C3%B6r&rft.aufirst=Dominique+Kassab&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinop%2C+Turkey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-colchis-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-colchis_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA._KAKHIDZEI._IASHVILIM._VICKERS2001" class="citation journal cs1">A. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Diyojen&rft.pub=Rota+Senin&rft.date=2015-05-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rotasenin.com%2Fdiyojen%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinop%2C+Turkey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sinop,_Turkey&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>John Garstang, <i>The Hittite Empire, Being a Survey of the History, Geography and Monuments of Hittite Asia Minor and Syria</i> (London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1929).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span 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