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Abstract enBlack Sea Ports did began to expand and grow out from Ottoman Imperium’s domestic trade area with the development of international trade. Among a lot of equal and similar ports; some of them stood out amongst others due to their different advantages. This change and transformation did not originated only from advantages about their positions to the sea. Port cities which were close to fertile lands, which had expansion areas and strong road networks to their hinterlands accomplished to gain superiority on others and grew more. Information collected on Pershembe (Vona) port until the middle of the nineteenth century shows that she was an important port which were at center of the marine activity at her dsitrict. But, despite her ongoing geographical advantages Pershembe couldn’t grow as a commercial port. Ordu (Bucak)’s emerge as a port city did negatively effected Pershembe port’s development. Vona, which were given a special place in travel books (both foreign and domestic), at some state papers, military briefs about East Black Sea region, despite her convenient geographical location, couldn’t go further of beeing a fishing port and a shipyard that only can build and repair little fishing boats

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