Trabzon, Trebizond, Trapezus: whatever transitions the name has undergone since the merchants of Sinope founded it in the 8th century BC, this city on Turkey’s Black […]
The Land: Ancient Pontus Not very long ago on the geological time scale, the Anatolian landmass started a slow and inexorable movement to the north. An […]
Internet article by Sam Topalidis 2013 Pontic author IntroductionIt is the largest city and the main port for trade of the middle Black Sea coast […]
Sam Topalidis Who were the crypto-Christians? The crypto-Christians (also called cryphi, klosti, Stavriotes, Kromledes) were Christian Greeks who due to the Muslim persecution against Christians publicly […]
