is the birthplace of: Picoğlu Osman (b. 1901, Görele - d. 1946 Amasra), folk musician, considered to be one of the best kemençe players Katip Şadi (b 1932, Görele -), folk musician, kemençe player Other musicians include: Ozan Arif (1949, Alucra - ), poet, lyricist, balladeer of the extreme right MHP Bahadır Aydoğan, Arabesk style singer Mustafa Küçük, folk-arabesk musician Gökhan Semiz (1968, Istanbul - 1998 İstanbul), member of the pop music group Group Vitamin; family from Giresun Teoman (1967, Alucra - ), rock singer Sports people Şenes Erzik (1942, Giresun -), businessman and vice president of UEFA Hasan Gemici, 1952 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling Giresunspor, a 1st (Süper Lig) league football team Tolga Seyhan (b 1977 -) and Gökdeniz Karadeniz (b 1980 Giresun, currently with Rubin Kazan), footballers Giresun in popular culture The TV series Uy Başuma Gelenler was filmed in the village of Düzköy. It is the story of a young man from Istanbul who inherits a hazelnut grove in Giresun (a Turkish twist on Monarch of the Glen). The folk song "Giresun üstünde vapur bağrıyor" ("Eşref Bey Ağıtı") has been recorded by a number of artists including Ismail Hakkı Demircioğlu, and tells of a wounded soldier dying in Giresun. "Giresun'un içinde" has been sung by Musa Eroğlu, Selda Bağcan and Fuat Saka, who also sang "Lazutlar," which means corn in the local dialect and is a kind of Cider with Rosie rural idyll in verse. Ahmet Kaya sang "Mican," a ballad about a local bandit in the mountains. See also List of populated places in Giresun Province References External links All about Giresun and its hinterland Giresun Kültür Local news Local information website Giresun Chepni people