played in the Super League of Turkey several seasons. The club also has a basketball team. International relations Ordu is twinned with: Batumi, Georgia, since 2000 Ganja, Azerbaijan Climate Ordu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa, Trewartha: Cf), like most of the eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey. It experiences warm summers, cool winters, and plentiful precipitation throughout the year, which is heaviest in autumn and winter. Snowfall is occasional between the months of December and March, snowing for a week or two, and it can be heavy once it snows. The water temperature, like in the rest of the Black Sea coast of Turkey, is always cool and fluctuates between throughout the year. People from Ordu Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu – Famous Turkish cartoonist and graphics designer Ertuğrul Günay – politician who is a former Minister for Culture and Tourism Kadir İnanır – film actor Mehmet Hilmi Güler – politician who was Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and current mayor of the city. Arif Hikmet Onat – politician who represented Ordu Bahriye Üçok – writer and activist Oktay Ekşi – politician representing Ordu Ümit Tokcan – folk musician Kamil Sönmez – folk musician Soner Arıca – musician Ery Kehaya – Ottoman-Greek businessman founder and president of the Standard Commercial Tobacco Company Halil İbrahim Fırtına - Turkish General Sport In Ordu Orduspor 52 Orduspor Orduspor 1967 References External links Municipality of Ordu Kotiora (Ordu) Populated places in Ordu Province Black Sea port cities and towns in Turkey Populated coastal places in Turkey Districts of Ordu Province