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Artvin İngilizce Tanıtım

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  • Artvin is a city in north-eastern Turkey on the Çoruh River near the Georgian border

    This article is about the city of Artvin See Artvin Province 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, being strongly affected by the nearby Black Sea

    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 there were many Hamshenis Turks living in Artvin, today the population of Artvin is highly mixed, consisting of Turks,Hamshenis Turks (Türk Boylarından Hemşinliler),Georgians and Lazes



    2000 23157

    1997 20073

    1990 20306

    1985 18720

    History

    See Artvin Province for the history of the region

    Places of interest

    Artvin or Livana (Livane) castle, built in 937

    There are a number of Ottoman Empire 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


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