all Armenian men were killed. Women and children survivors were held prisoner in the town before being deported like those of other towns. Official Turkish records claim that during the revolt the Armenian rebels killed 403 civilian Turkish villagers. The Republic of Turkey When the republic was founded in 1923 the 10th Army was garrisoned here, bringing a boost to the local economy. Atatürk visited in 1924, on his way from seeing earthquake damage in Erzurum. Geography Şebinkarahisar itself is a quiet town of 13,200 (TÜİK 2008) people, 40 km from the provincial city of Giresun, standing on the north side of the valley of the river Avutmuş in the Giresun Mountains. The town is hard to reach, the road along the riverbank is windy and narrow, and services are hard to provide. The Şebin walnut''' is a particular variety of walnut, grown on the valley sides, another local delicacies include a helva made from hazelnuts, Hoşmerim a kind of cheese pudding, small bread loaves called gilik, the corn and chick pea soup toyga çorbası, dolma made from the leaves of Curled Dock evelik'', stewed nettles and most of all the mulberry syrup, pekmez. Places of interest Şebinkarahisar castle Behramşah Cami - mosque built by the Seljuk Turks, in the neighbourhood of Avutmuş. Taşhanlar - Ottoman-period stone caravanserai, at the entrance to the castle Fatih Cami - Ottoman mosque next to the castle Notable people Katakalon Kekaumenos, prominent Byzantine general of the mid-11th century İdil Biret (born 1941), pianist. Her mother is from a Şebinkarahisar family Rahşan Ecevit (1923–2020), political leader and wife of former Prime Minister of Turkey Bülent Ecevit Ara Güler (1928–2018), Armenian photographer, born to a Şebinkarahisar family, Aziz Nesin (1915–1995), writer, was born to a Şebinkarahisar family and at one stage campaigned for Şebinkarahisar to be made again into a province in its own right Aram Haigaz (1900–1986), Armenian writer Andranik Ozanian (1865–1927), an Armenian general and national hero Harutiun Shahrigian (1860–1915), Armenian politician, soldier, lawyer, and author Toros Toramanian (1864–1934), an Armenian architect Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (1869–1944), writer, former member of parliament for Şebinkarahisar Erdal Eren (1963–1980), political activist. Ashot Zorian (1905–1970), Turkish-born Egyptian painter and educator of Armenian ethnicity; lived in Şebinkarahisar in the 1910s References External links Photos of Şebinkarahisar Carefully documented photographic survey and plan of the fortress at Şebinkarahisar The District Governorate The Municipality Local İnformation More Photos Local News Populated