Boztepe & Ordu

“If only Ordu’s streams would flow, would flow uphill…” So begins that folk song sung with the horon dance. No one has ever seen water flow uphill, of course; yet riding the cable car up Boztepe, you can’t help feeling that you yourself are flowing backwards like a stream. Below lie the bay, the hazelnut orchards, the tiled roofs and the streams racing to the sea… So have you ever wondered why such a peaceful seaside city was named “Ordu,” the army?