Also known as Diogenes the Cynic (, Diogenēs ho Kunikos ), he was born in Sinope ( modern-day Sinop, Turkey ), an Ionian colony on the Black Sea, in 412 or 404 BC and died at Corinth in 323 BC.

The hypothesis that the anoxic waters of the Black Sea would allow extraordinary organic preservation is borne out by the discovery of Sinop D, the 1, 500 year old shipwreck with excellent preservation of features above the sediment layer.

It is the capital of Sinop Province.

Sinop is situated on the Black Sea coast, hence has an oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification: Cfb ).

A crater on Mars is named after Sinop.

It is surrounded by Sinop to the east, Bartın and Karabük to the west, Çankırı to the south, Çorum to the south east and the Black Sea to the north.

Sinop Province (;, Sinopi ) is a province of Turkey, along the Black Sea.

The provincial capital is the city of Sinop.

Sinop province is divided into 9 districts ( capital district in bold ):

Although some have identified Pteria with Hattusa ( Boğazkale ), and with the near site of Kerkenes, this is uncertain ; Herodotus mentions Pteria as near Sinop on the Black Sea, which is not at all close to Hattusa.

* Sinop, Turkey, a city on the Black Sea, historically known as Sinope

Sinop old city, Ottoman era postcard

Rumelihisarı was built by Sultan Mehmed II between 1451 and 1452 in order to control the sea traffic on the Bosphorus strait and prevent aid from the Black Sea to reach Constantinople during the Turkish siege of the city in 1453, particularly from the Genoese colonies such as Caffa, Sinop and Amasra.

Remarkably attractive throughout its history, Trabzon was the subject of hundreds of travel books by western travellers, some of whom had named it " city of tale in the East " The capital city Trabzon was founded, as Trapezus, by Greek colonists from Sinope, modern Sinop, Turkey.

Nonetheless cossack's sea raids delivered huge blows to Ottoman coast cities, including capital port city of Constantinople / Istanbul as well as Samsun and Sinop ( utmost northern port of Asia Minor ).

They were of a style associated with Sinop and retained much of their original stacking pattern on the sea floor.

Sinop has warm and humid summers with an average of 26 ° C ( 78. 8 ° F ) however temperatures rarely exceed + 30 ° C ( 86 ° F ).

Following the demonstration of the power of explosive shells against wooden ships at the Battle of Sinop, and fearing that his own ships would be vulnerable to the Paixhans guns of Russian fortifications in the Crimean War, Emperor Napoleon III ordered the development of light-draft floating batteries, equipped with heavy guns and protected by heavy armor.

Another fortress, Rumelihisarı, was built between 1451 and 1452 by Sultan Mehmed II opposite of Anadoluhisarı on the European side in order to obtain absolute control over the sea traffic of the Bosporus Strait, which was especially vital for the Genoese in Galata, who were allied with the Byzantines and had colonies in the Black Sea such as Caffa, Sinop and Amasra.

Bayezid fought twice with Kadi Burhan al-Din, the ruler of the Sivas region, and in 1383 lost Kastamonu to one of his own sons, Süleyman II, who received military support from the Ottoman sultan Murad I. Bayezid left for Sinop, and thus the Jandarid Principality was divided.

In 1461, joining forces with Ismail's brother Ahmed ( the Red ), he captured Sinop and ended the official reign of the Jandarid dynasty, although he appointed Ahmed as the governor of Kastamonu and Sinop, only to revoke Ahmed's appointment the same year.

In their trade with the Genoese, Jandarids used copper coins they minted that had two fish, and the inscription Dârü's-saâde-i Sinop ( the palace of Sinop ) engraved on them.

Jandarids also possessed a shipyard in Sinop that equipped them with a strong naval force.

At the Battle of Sinop in 1853, Russian ships attacked and annihilated a Turkish fleet with their Paixhans explosive shell guns.

The Russians were led by Admiral Pavel Nakhimov, who decided with his officers that they would attack the Ottoman fleet which took shelter from a storm at Sinop.

Bierbauer began his career in radio at KBOK Radio in Sinop, Turkey while assigned there with TUSLOG Det 4 in 1962-1964 with the Army Security Agency.

Britain was not yet at war with Russia, but Vengeance visited Sinop January 1854 and saw the remains of the ships, which had been caught at anchor by the Russians.

Born in Pato Branco, Paraná, Ceni made his senior debuts with Sinop Futebol Clube, still a junior.

* Black Sea coast, in the provinces Giresun, Ordu, Samsun, and Sinop, with extension to Amasya and Tokat.

In 2000, Ballard and his team conducted an expedition that focused on the exploration of the sea bed about 15 – 30 km west of Sinop, and an additional deep-water survey east and north of the peninsula.

They sought to discover whether human habitation sites could be identified on the ancient submerged landscape, they examined the sea-bed for shipwrecks ( where they found Sinop A-D ), to test the hypothesis that the anoxic waters below 200 m would protect shipwrecks from the expected biological attacks on organic components, and to seek data about an ancient trade route between Sinop and the Crimea indicated by terrestrial archaeological remains.

Although Sinop served as a primary trade center in the Black Sea, the wrecks were located west of the trade route predicted by the prevalence of Sinopian ceramics on the Crimean peninsula.

The highest recorded temperature for Sinop was 34. 4 ° C ( 93. 92 ° F ) on 06 July 2000.

The lowest recorded temperature for Sinop was-7. 5 ° C ( 18. 5 ° F ) on 21 February 1985.

In November 1853, at the start of the Crimean War, in the Battle of Sinop, the Russians, under the command of Admiral Nakhimov, destroyed an Ottoman frigate squadron in Sinop, leading Britain and France to declare war on Russia.

Explorer Bob Ballard discovered an ancient ship wreck north west of Sinop in the Black Sea and was shown on National Geographic.

At its height the sultanate stretched across central Anatolia from the Antalya – Alanya shoreline on the Mediterranean coast to the territory of Sinop on the Black Sea.

These refugees arrived in Kallithea mainly from the south Black Sea ( Pontus ), from ancient Greek cities such as Sinope ( now Sinop, Turkey ), Sampsus ( now Samsun, Turkey ), Kerasus ( now Giresun, Turkey ), Trapezous-Trebizond ( now Trabzon, Turkey ), Tripolis ( now Tirebolu, Turkey ), Argyroupolis ( now Gümüshane, Turkey ) and other remnants of the late Byzantine Empire.

The Isfendiyarids or Isfendiyarid dynasty ( Modern Turkish: İsfendiyaroğulları, İsfendiyaroğulları Beyliği ), also known as the Principality of Isfendiyar and Beylik of Isfendiyar ( İsfendiyar Beyliği ), its former name was Jandarids or Principality of Jandar ( Candaroğulları, Candaroğulları Beyliği ), was an Anatolian beylik that ruled principally in the regions corresponding to present-day Kastamonu and Sinop provinces of Turkey, also covering parts of Zonguldak, Bartın, Karabük, Samsun, Bolu, Ankara and Çankırı provinces, between 1292 – 1461, in the Black Sea region of modern day Turkey.

* BAŞ Ersan, Çeşme, Navarin, Sinop Baskınları ve Sonuçları ( Çeşme, Navarin, Sinop Raids and the Results ), Türk Deniz Harp Tarihinde İz Bırakan Gemiler, Olaylar ve Şahıslar Sayı: 8, Piri Reis Araştırma Merkezi Yayını, Deniz Basımevi, İstanbul, 2007, ISBN 975-409-452-7.

This ship has been named " Sinop D " by the Ballard team.

The party gained considerable ground by winning Antalya, Giresun, Zonguldak, Sinop, Tekirdag, Aydin despite losing Trabzon municipality.

Following Temür's death, his son Süleyman I conquered the province and annexed Safranbolu and Sinop, formerly ruled by the descendants of Mu ‘ in al-Din Suleyman.

The nearby province Sivas was then inhabited by many Genoese merchants, transporting the goods that would arrive from the east and the south to their ports in Trabzon, Samsun and Sinop.

At Sinop, he worked wiring the base for radio and also did various on-air duties including sports play by play.

Drawing by Tryon of Sinop, Turkey | Sinop Bay after the Battle of Sinop | battle