Administritive history of Eastern Blacksea region: 1923-1950

The aim of this thesis is to examine the administrative history of Eastern Black Sea Region between the years 1923-1950, and thus to determine the change process and the reasons of this process. The republican regime and establishment of provincial system after the constitution following this regime were the determining factors in determining this period. It was tried to ensure the integrity, by using archive sources, annuals, newspapers and secondary sources in the study.The study consists of three parts except the introduction section. Presentation of the subject, sources and the progresses up to the Republican period were summarized in the introduction section. The laws enacting the administrative division and the reports about the administrative system after the establishment of the Turkish Parliament were mentioned in the first chapter. In the second chapter, the administrative division of the six provinces as district meaning constituted the Eastern Black Sea Region in the related period was expressed. Finally, the activities of the General Inspectorate organization and functioning in the Eastern Black Sea Region were explained in the third chapter.According to the results obtained in the study, there was an intense activity in the examined period in terms of administrative structure of the Eastern Black Sea Region. First, independent sanjaks and then the provinces took the place of the remaining classic Ottoman province system. In this period, Trabzon Province, the only province in the region was divided into six parts. There were thirty districts in the region including Trabzon, Giresun, Ordu, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane in 1950. This administrative division has changed many times for various reasons about a thirty year process.