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Artvin is a city
List of cities in Turkey

This is a list of cities in Turkey by population.Included are cities that are provincial capitals or have a population of at least 7,000....
 in northeastern Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 on the Çoruh River
Çoruh River

The ?oruh River or Ch'orokhi River starts in the Mescit Mountains in the north-eastern Turkey and flows into Georgia before it reaches the Black Sea....
 near the Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
n border.

This article is about the city of Artvin. See Artvin Province
Artvin Province

Artvin is a Provinces of Turkey in Turkey, on the Black Sea coast in the north-eastern corner of the country, on the border with Georgia .The provincial capital is the city of Artvin....
 for more information about the surrounding area.

city of Artvin looks impressive, standing high on a rock above the Çoruh River, a 5km climb along a road that winds back and forth up the steep cliff face; a piece of advice; don't buy a second-hand car in Artvin, and drive carefully, you only get to make one mistake in this landscape.






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Artvin is a city
List of cities in Turkey

This is a list of cities in Turkey by population.Included are cities that are provincial capitals or have a population of at least 7,000....
 in northeastern Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 on the Çoruh River
Çoruh River

The ?oruh River or Ch'orokhi River starts in the Mescit Mountains in the north-eastern Turkey and flows into Georgia before it reaches the Black Sea....
 near the Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
n border.

This article is about the city of Artvin. See Artvin Province
Artvin Province

Artvin is a Provinces of Turkey in Turkey, on the Black Sea coast in the north-eastern corner of the country, on the border with Georgia .The provincial capital is the city of Artvin....
 for more information about the surrounding area.

Geography

The city of Artvin looks impressive, standing high on a rock above the Çoruh River, a 5km climb along a road that winds back and forth up the steep cliff face; a piece of advice; don't buy a second-hand car in Artvin, and drive carefully, you only get to make one mistake in this landscape. If you buy a house here however you can be sure it will have a great view; the surrounding countryside is a Tolkienesque landscape of thick forest, waterfall, lakes, mountains and high plateau like the Kafkasör, where the bull-wrestling takes place. In the words of the popular song: "Not Paris my friend, see Artvin before you die".

The climate is wet nearly all year round, in the summer can get very hot, being strongly affected by the nearby Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
.

Artvin today

Like most towns in Turkey since the 1970s Artvin has seen uncontrolled building of concrete apartment blocks and ugly government office buildings and has lost some of its attractive historical feel. But on this clifftop Artvin can never be a huge city, it's a quiet provincial town.

Before World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 there were many Armenians
Armenians

The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
 living in Artvin, today the population of Artvin is highly mixed, consisting of Turks
Turkish people

The Turkish people , also known as "Turks" are defined mainly as citizens of the Republic of Turkey. An early history text provided the definition of being a Turk as "any individual within the Republic of Turkey, whatever his faith who speaks Turkish, grows up with Turkish culture and adopts the Turkish ideal is a Turk." This ideal...
, Georgians, Lazes
Laz people

The Laz are an ethnic group who live primarily on the Black Sea coastal regions of Turkey and Georgia . One of the chief tribes of ancient kingdom of Colchis, the Laz were initially Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church, most of whom converted to Sunni Islam during Ottoman rule of Caucasus in the 16th century....
 and Hamshenis.

  • 2000 23.157
  • 1997 20.073
  • 1990 20.306
  • 1985 18.720


History

See Artvin Province
Artvin Province

Artvin is a Provinces of Turkey in Turkey, on the Black Sea coast in the north-eastern corner of the country, on the border with Georgia .The provincial capital is the city of Artvin....
 for the history of the region.

Sister Cities

  • Akhaltsikhe
    Akhaltsikhe

    Akhaltsikhe , Akhaltskha; also known as Lomsia) is a small city in southwestern Georgia , Mkhare of Samtskhe-Javakheti with a population of 46,134....
    , Georgia
    Georgia (country)

    Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....


Places of interest


  • Artvin or Livana (Livane) castle, built in 937


There are a number of Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 houses and public buildings including:
  • Salih Bey mosque, built in 1792
  • The fountain of Çelebi Efendi, built in 1783.


And above all the surrounding countryside offers many places for climbing and trekking.

See also

  • Arifana
    Arifana

    An entertaining picnic in Turkish tradition that usually takes place in winter. People sing, dance and perform theatrical plays after rams have been slaughtered, kebaps and roasts have been made of its meat, and sweet pastries cooked and eaten....
  • Lazistan
    Lazistan

    Lazistan was the Ottoman Empire administrative name for the sanjak comprising the Laz people or Laz language-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea....


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