Bayramlu

Bayramlu lay near the Black Sea coast in the country of the Hacıemiroğulları, a Türkmen dynasty associated with the Çepni. Their earlier centre was in the inland mountains, but the rulers established themselves nearer the coast at Eskipazar, the old market south of Ordu. A mosque and other foundations served the community that grew around this centre.

Under Süleyman Bey the principality extended its power along the coast and captured Giresun at the end of the fourteenth century. Ottoman registers later called the district Canik-i Bayram and Bayramlu, also known as Ordu, preserving the name of the ruling family. The mosque at Eskipazar continued as a religious centre after the change of rulers. Its market and buildings recall the Türkmen principality that helped shape settlement on this stretch of the Black Sea.