Kemalpaşa (original name: Noghedi, former Makriyali;
Laz and
Georgian: მაკრიალი/Makriali or ნოღედი/Noghedi) is a town on the
Black Sea coast in
Artvin Province,
Turkey. It is the seat of
Kemalpaşa District.
[İlçe Belediyesi]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its population is 5,715 (2021).
It is east of Hopa and west of the Sarp border check point to
Georgia.
Until 1547 it was a part of the
Principality of Guria of the
Kingdom of Imereti. In June 1367 here in
Makriali Church
The Makriali Church ( ka, მაკრიალის ეკლესია) was Orthodox Church located in Kemalpaşa, Hopa, Artvin Province of Turkey, on the border with Georgia. In June 1367 here in Makriali Church the royal wedding took place b ...
the royal wedding took place between the king
Bagrat V of Georgia and
Anna of Trebizond
Anna Anachoutlou ( gr, Ἄννα Μεγάλη Κομνηνὴ Ἀναχουτλοῦ, Anna Megalē Komnēnē Anachoutloū; died 3 September 1342) ruled the Empire of Trebizond from 1341 to 1342. She was the eldest daughter of the List of Trapez ...
. In 1547 it was annexed to
Ottoman Empire. From 1915 to 1917 — occupied by the
Russian Empire during the
First World War. From 1918 to 1921 Kemalpaşa became a part of the
Democratic Republic of Georgia. After the occupation of the Georgian Democratic Republic by the Soviet
Red Army, the village was ceded to Turkey in 1922. In 1987 it was declared township.
Mayor’s page
/ref> It became the seat of a district in 2017.
See also
*Selimiye Tunnel
The Selimiye Tunnel ( tr, Selimiye Tüneli) is a road tunnel constructed on the Black Sea Coastal Highway between Hopa and Kemalpaşa in Artvin Province, northeastern Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ...
References
External links
the Municipality
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Populated places in Artvin Province
Towns in Turkey
Kemalpaşa District, Artvin
Populated coastal places in Turkey
Things named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk