Mesudiye

Mesudiye, formerly Hamidiye,is a town and district of Ordu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey.The district covers an area of 1,100 km2 (425 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 1,308 m (4,291 ft).Mesudiye is a large area of hilly countryside, villages and pasture far inland from the Black Sea coast, south-west of the city of Ordu, in the direction of Sivas. Mesudiye has been inhabited since the Iron Age era and has numerous remains from the time of the Hittites and there are a number of rock tombs from early antiquity in the area.