Bolaman is a town in Fatsa district of Ordu Province, Turkey. At 41°02′N 37°35′E it is a coastal town on Turkish state highway D.010 which runs along the Black Sea coast. The distance to Fatsa is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to Ordu is 47 kilometres (29 mi). The population of the Bolaman is 5583 as of 2011. The town (as well as the creek of the town) is named after Polemon, a governor of Ordu and vicinity during the Roman Empire era. But the town itself was founded in the 19th century.