Arsin

Arsin

Arsen village, mentioned in Ottoman records, is located in today's Elmaalan neighborhood. Today's Cumhuriyet and Yenimahalle neighborhoods are formed by the historical Kocaba village. The settlement area mentioned in Ottoman records as "Nefs-i Yomra, also known as Arsen", as the center of the Yomra township; It includes Arsen, Kocaba, Sotoko (the coastal settlement to the west of today's Arsin settlement?) and a group of settlements such as Mazela, Cacanoy, Mahuranda, Alano, which cannot be identified today. Considering that Nefs-i Yomra includes the same places in the records of the 15th and 16th centuries, in the census of 1486, there were 270 Christian households, 35 bive (widow women), 17 mücerred (single men) and 4 Christian households and 1 Muslim household in the settlement. There are. In the census of 1515, there were 295 Christian households, 48 bive (widow women), 33 mücerred (single men), 74 Christian households, 2 müsellem Christian households and 2 Muslim households. In the census of 1554, there were 202 households, 43 isolated (single men), 77 Christian households, and 9 households and 3 isolated Muslims. In the census of 1583, there were 173 Christian households, 1 isolated and 7 isolated Muslim households.[5] In the 17th century, Yomra town center was also mentioned as “Arsenler” or “Arsenler maa mahallat”. In the following years, it began to be mentioned as "Arsen-i Bala" and "Arsen-i Zir". Arsen settlement area formed the center of Yomra Town for many years due to its proximity to the market place of Sürmene town and being on the caravan route, but since the 19th century the town center; Due to factors such as the market held on Wednesdays and the presence of its pier, it was moved to the Durana settlement, which constitutes the center of Yomra today. [4] In the record of 1651, the settlements forming Nefsi-Yomra (Arsenler maa mahallat) were recorded as empty and in ruins. In the following years, the settlement began to be called "Arsen-i Bala" (Elmaalan) and "Arsen-i Zir" (modern-day Arsin), both up and down. During the Republic period, in 1937, the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared a draft law regarding the establishment of 22 new districts, based on the examinations carried out by the general inspectorates throughout the country, and it was sent to the Ministries with the request that the draft be examined and the opinions sent to the Prime Ministry. In the bill, the establishment of a new district named Yomra, with its center in the town of Arseni-zir in Trabzon, and the new district's two sub-districts named Dirona and Kodil were on the agenda, but this was not realized due to the conflicts that arose.