 The character "Temel", a universal buffoon figure found in many cultures, forms an important part of the Turkish oral tradition.The city's profile was raised somewhat in the English-speaking world by Dame Rose Macaulay's last novel, "The Towers of Trebizond" (1956), which is still in print.Black Sea Technical University in Trabzon hosts students from all over Turkey, especially from the Black Sea and East Anatolian regions, as well as students from the Turkic states in Central Asia.