Güreşen (formerly: ''Beglevan'')
is a village in
Borçka
Borçka ( lzz, ბორჩხა, translit=Borçxa; ka, ბორჩხა, translit=Borchkha or ) is a town and district of Artvin Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, on the border with Georgia.
Borçka is reached by a winding road up ...
district of
Artvin Province,
Turkey
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. Its population is 666 (2021).
It is close to the
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
border to the east and
Çoruh River
The Chorokh ( ka, ჭოროხი ''Ch'orokhi'', tr, Çoruh, hy, Չորոխ ''Ch’vorokh'', el, Άκαμψις, ''Akampsis'') is a river that rises in the Mescit Mountains in north-eastern Turkey, flows through the cities of Bayburt, İsp ...
to the south. The distance to Borçka is and to
Artvin is . Both the former and the present names of the village mean “wrestler”. Main economic activity of the watery village is agriculture.
History
Most villagers are ethnically
Laz or
Hemshin.
References
Villages in Borçka District
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