Araklı (from
Greek
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"Ηράκλεια" - ''Erakleia'') is a town and district of
Trabzon Province
Trabzon Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Located in a strategically important region, Trabzon is one of the oldest trade port cities in Anatolia. Neighbouring provinces are Giresun to the west, Gümüşhane to the ...
in the
Black Sea
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region of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. The mayor is Recep Çebi (
AKP). Name Arakli is believed to be derived from "the castle in the middle" in turkish 'Arakale'.
See also
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Araklı Arena
Araklı Arena ( tr, Araklı Spor Salonu) is an indoor volleyball venue located in Araklı town of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Built-in 2006, the arena has a capacity of 500 spectators.
In 2007, the venue hosted the 2007 Black Sea Games, 1st Black S ...
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World Trade Center Trabzon
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Trabzon Museum
The Trabzon Museum ( tr, Trabzon Müzesi), also known as Kostaki Mansion (''Kostaki Konağı''), is a historic house museum with archeological and ethnographic exhibitions located in Trabzon, Turkey.
History
The mansion was built in the beginni ...
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Trabzon
Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...
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Chepni
Chepni ( az, Çəpni; tr, Çepni; tk, Çepni) is one of the 24 Oghuz Turkic tribes. History
In the legend of Oghuz Qaghan, the Chepni was stated as one of the clans of the tribe of ''Gök Han'' that consists of Pecheneg (''Beçenek''), Bayand ...
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Hemshin
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Pontic Greeks
The Pontic Greeks ( pnt, Ρωμαίοι, Ρωμίοι, tr, Pontus Rumları or , el, Πόντιοι, or , , ka, პონტოელი ბერძნები, ), also Pontian Greeks or simply Pontians, are an ethnically Greek group in ...
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Kadirga Festival {{ref improve, date=June 2014
The Kadirga Festival is the most famous of all Turkish festivities. The festival takes place in one of the yayla (plateaus) about 25 kilometers from Tonya (a town in Trabzon Province).
The magnificent treeless moun ...
References
External links
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District governor's official websiteA local online guide to AraklıA local website about Araklı
Populated places in Trabzon Province
Fishing communities in Turkey
Populated coastal places in Turkey
Districts of Trabzon Province
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