Ortahisar is a district and second level municipality in Trabzon Province, Turkey. According to the law, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750,000 would be metropolitan municipality and the districts within the metropolitan municipalities will be second-level municipalities.

Crossing the bridge high above Zagnos Park, you will come to Ortahisar. Here I am referring to the quarter of Trabzon with relatively old houses, narrow streets, Ortahisar = Fatih mosque and the park between the mosque and Sultan Süleyman‘s (i.e. the Kanuni‘s) House. Süleyman the Magnificent was born in Trabzon!!! The house that bears his name is a house of encounter now. Its Ottoman architecture is rather pretty, but the neighbouring konak is even more stately. I enjoyed watching the visitors to the little park who were sitting there early in the morning. They were talking to neighbours just like in a village in the countryside. If you want to visit the mosque, you should inform yourself about its opening hours. I had to come a second time in the afternoon because it was closed in the morning. The toilets there could not be used because they were being repaired.