Sürmene is a town and a district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. In ancient times nearby was the town of Hyssus or Hyssos.

The little town of Sürmene (Hamurgan) is situated some 40 km (25 mi) east of Trabzon. Known in antiquity also as Susarmia or Augustopolis, it lies on the River Kora (Manahoz Deresi) and is best known as the place where Xenophon and his Ten Thousand fell sick after eating wild honey, an event which was confirmed by the local people. In the village of Sürmene Kastil, 5 km (3.1 mi) to the west of Sürmene, stands a ruined medieval castle as well as the impressive 18th century Yakupoglu Konagi mansion (Derebeyli Kale). It was formerly the seat of the Yakupoglu family, who lived here as rulers (derebey) of the surrounding region relatively free of interference from the Sublime Porte in Istanbul.

Sürmene is one of the towns which have managed to become the leader of the Eastern Black Sea in terms of social life. In the years when the population number reached ten thousands there were 2 long-serving cinemas. Also before the construction of the Black Sea Coastal Road especially in summer months there had been a vivid social life. At that time the dynamism in the streets used to last to 02:00 a.m and the town used to present a vivid tourism center. The extreme settlement which began in the year of 1955 caused the town to face with the same problem of the large cities: "unplanned urbanization". And the same problem exist today. And also in long terms of construction, people living away from home got disturbed by the construction sounds and they gave up coming back to their homelands and this led to a downfall in the tourism receipts. In this context, the population of the town which is 13,000 today, it can not grow a significant rise in the summer moths. There are several sports club operating in various branches and a folk association. And also Sürmene Beneficial Association and Sürmene Culture and Tourism Association named Istanbul centered local civil society organizations are active in Sürmene. Even though there are many elementary and middle schools there is no alumni association for these schools.