Dernekpazarı

Dernekpazarı

Dernekpazarı (Romanian: Κόντου, Kondu) is a district of Trabzon province in the Black Sea Region. It is surrounded by Hayrat in the east, Çaykara in the south, Köprübaşı in the west, and Of in the north. Although it is not known exactly when Dernekpazarı was founded, it is thought that the name Kondu originates from the name of a rich Greek. When Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror captured Trabzon and its surroundings in 1461, it joined the Ottoman Territories. After coming under Ottoman rule, a settlement was mentioned among the villages of the district of Of at that time under the name "Kondu". According to the census of 1486, in the settlement; There are 49 households and 1 bive (widow). At that time, it was among the least populated villages in the district of Of. According to the census of 1515, in the village; There are 49 households, 2 bastina households and 1 müsellem household. According to the records of 1554, in the settlement; There are 30 households, 3 bastina households, 21 mucerred, 1 müsellem households and 2 müsellem bastinas. According to the records of 1583, the male population in the village was; It was recorded as 38 ispenç, 2 bennak and 3 mücerred. Based on this, it is understood that the Muslim-Christian population, predominantly Christian, lives together in the village. According to the Avarız Book of 1681, a total of 36 Avarız soldiers were recorded in the settlement, 33 of which were Muslims and 3 were Christians. In the edict of 1710, it is seen that the Kalmotlu (Kolotoğulları?) and Ayaslo (Ayasoğulları?) tribes, who were settled in some of the villages within the settlement, were exiled because they did not pay their taxes and disrupted the order. When it came under Ottoman rule, the Christian population was initially dominant in the settlement, but over time, the Muslim population began to become dominant with settlements from the Akkoyunlu tribes and intra-Ottoman migrations. During World War I, this place, along with Trabzon, was occupied by the Russians, some of the people living here migrated to the west and returned after the liberation of the region. In this regard, every year on February 27, it is celebrated as Local Liberation Day. During the population exchange of 1923, Priest Yorgos Papadopoulos, born in Division, stated in his travel notes that a market was established under the settlement (probably today's Kondu District) and that this market was called Kondu Pazarı or Cansızoğulları Pier, in honor of Cansızoğulları, one of the influential landowner families here. According to the travel note in question, in Kondu market; There are coffee shops, shops, workshops, inns and police stations. Today's Dernekpazarı settlement was formed in the marketplace established on the edge of Çataklı Stream. It was the sub-district center of Of district in 1925. In the 1935 census, its name was written as "Kondi" as a village in the Dernek township of the Of district of Trabzon province. It began to be referred to as Dernekpazarı in the censuses that followed. When Çaykara became a district in 1948, it separated from Of and maintained its sub-district status under Çaykara. With the decision taken at the Grand National Assembly meeting dated 10 May 1990, Dernekpazarı became a district and Kondu District became the central neighborhood of Dernekpazarı district. The decision came into force by being published in the Official Gazette No. 3644 dated 20 May 1990. With the first district governor, Efkan Ala, taking office on 01.08.1991, other departments gradually began to form. The old municipality building was demolished and a 5-storey building was built in its place.