Cumhuriyetten Günümüze Gümüşhane Şehri
The City of Gümüşhane from the Republic to the Present

Summary/Abstract: Gumushane, which was established in the region known as Sulaymaniyah in the 16th century, developed by the Harşit River in the 20th century. The city was influenced by the military and social-economic events that took place during the First World War and the National Struggle and took on a different character. For this reason, it is possible to divide the history of Gümüşhane into two different times and places. Because of these features, Gümüşhane is one of the rare cities in Anatolia. Gümüşhane became a city where trade was lively, since silver and gold mines were mined during the Ottoman period, and it was on the transit route of the silk road. During this period, Muslims, Armenians, and Greeks living in the city formed one of the best examples of Ottoman civilization. However, since the 20th century, the loss of importance of the mines and the silk road, the political-social ruptures experienced, caused the non-Muslim population to leave the city. Thus, the city took on a structure where only Muslims were settled along the Harşit River. She started the Republican period in a different place and character. Gümüşhane’s today economy is mostly based on agriculture, mining activities, and dried fruit roll-up and churchkhela production. However, it is one of the promising cities in terms of history with its castles, towers, ruins, bridges and mansions, and in terms of tourism with its forests, plateaus, caves and lakes.

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