The ruins of the original Greek settlement visitable in the east of the town.
Remains of the Greek settlement can still be seen.
In the 19th century Küplü was a Greek settlement.
The fighting was less than 80 miles away, but she kept digging in the ruins of a Greek settlement more than 2,000 years old.
The other earliest republics were Greek settlements in the Mediterranean sea.
By 1830 18 Greek settlements appeared in Georgia as well.
Only a few towns away from the Black Sea show any evidence of Greek settlement.
In the early 20th century, Greek settlements were still both numerous and widespread throughout most of today's Turkey.
Turkish and Greek settlements existed side-by-side, each speaking their own language.
That set the pattern for Greek settlement over the next two hundred years.