Trabzon emerged in the consciousness of all Pontians as their own Greek state, due to the prominence of its traditional cultural characteristics. It functioned as their GREAT LIGHT - GREAT MUSE - GREAT SPIRIT, according to Theophylaktos.

Even during the pre-Hattı Humayun period (1856), with the exception of the first decades after the Turkish conquest (1461), and during the dark period of the 17th century, the Hellenism of Trabzon found ways to showcase its presence either as a spirit and broader climate, through its monuments, even if transformed into mosques, or as a living element in the economic and spiritual sector.

In any case, the city maintained, sometimes less, sometimes more, its Greek character, which peaked in the second half of the 19th century, until the exchange of populations in 1923.
The remarkable thing is that Trabzon, with its glorious culture, continues to flourish even after the settlement of the Trabzonians in Greece, especially in Thessaloniki.

After 1923, the bride of the Thermaic Gulf was rightly characterized, for its cultural and economic transformation, as NEW TRABZON.