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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northeast Turkey on the Black Sea. Founded by Greek colonists in the eighth century BC, the city was part of the Roman, Byzantine, Trebizond, and Ottoman empires.
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On Tuesday, the court also sentenced Yasin Hayal , an ultranationalist from Trabzon, to life imprisonment without parole for procuring the murder.
Guilty Verdict in Author's Killing Ayla Albayrak 2012
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Evidence emerged that police and other officials in Mr. Samast's home town of Trabzon had known of his intentions.
Guilty Verdict in Author's Killing Ayla Albayrak 2012
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Trabzonspor, from the northeastern Turkish city of Trabzon, perched at the edge of the Black Sea, wasn't even supposed to be in the Champions League.
Soccer's Attack of the Average Joes Gabriele Marcotti 2011
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Reuters Orthodox worshippers attended the Virgin Mary service at the ancient Sumela Monastery in the Black Sea coastal province of Trabzon, northeastern Turkey, on Monday.
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A year earlier, a 16-year-old boy shot and killed a Catholic priest while he was praying at his church in Trabzon, on the Black Sea Coast.
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A gunman who shot Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in 2007 was from Trabzon.
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Trabzon, the major city near Sumela, is a hotbed of nationalism and there were scuffles last year when Christian worshippers sought to pray at the monastery.
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A year earlier, a 16-year-old boy shot and killed a Catholic priest while he was praying at his church in Trabzon, on the Black Sea Coast.
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Local students in Turkish city of Trabzon chase ambassador Gabi Levy, try breaking into his car.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Eggs hurled at Israel's ambassador to Turkey 2009
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