Ekmek Aşı - dried bread soaked in a stew of fried meat with onions and hot pepper
Ayran Çorbası - yoghurt soup
Kesme Çorbası - a kind of local minestrone soup with lentils and dumplings
Helle - a soupy dish of bulgur and mint
Oğlak Kebabı - yeanling kebab
In July, there is a well-known summer festival.
History
This area has firstly been settled by the Hittites in ancient times. During the Middle Ages, Alucra was the part of the Byzantine Empire, disrupted by the Arab armies of the Abbasid caliphate.
Turks first came to the area in their 11th century movement into Anatolia from their homeland in Central Asia following their defeat of the Byzantines at the Battle of Malazgirt. From 1054 this area was settled by the Kipchak Turks from southern Russia, who moved into the area along the Black Sea coast, under the loose authority of the Seljuk Turks. The Seljuks assumed direct control by defeating the Mengujekids in 1228, but their rule came to an end with their defeat by the Mongol hordes at Kösedağ in 1243.
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