Limanköy is the largest neighborhood of the

Çayeli Çayeli ( lzz, მაფავრი, ) is a town and district of Rize Province on the Black Sea coast of eastern Turkey, 18 km east of the city of Rize. ''Çay'' means ''tea'' in Turkish and a large percentage of Turkey's tea is indeed gr ...

district of

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, a province on the

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coast of eastern

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Infrastructure

Limanköy consists of two boathouses, a harbor, two swimming areas, and a beach. Next to the coast is a highway, which stretches for 2.5 km (1.5 miles). Three

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s are there: the Hamuda, Merkez, and Darlik Mosques.

Etymology

Limanköy was formerly known as Artotil during the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

. In present-day it is referred to as Limanköy, which means port village. It is also argued that Limanköy transformed from ''Liman-Koy'', which means bay-port.

Geography

It is situated six kilometers West of central Cayeli, lying east of Büyük Caferpaşa and south of Demirhisar and Akpınar, Kırşehir. Limanköy consists of a narrow coastal strip and a large mountain area that rises steeply and runs parallel to the coast. Hill Jandarma ''(Jandarmağun Tepe)'' is the highest point, at 420 metres. The countryside is covered with unspoiled forest.

History

Mapavri has been historically inhabited by the Laz community, a minority in Turkey. It was a part of the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediter ...

and subsequently the Empire of Trebizond until it was taken over by the

under

Mehmet II Mehmed II ( ota, محمد ثانى, translit=Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; tr, II. Mehmed, ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror ( ota, ابو الفتح, Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit=the Father of Conquest, links=no; tr, Fâtih Su ...

in 1461. Limanköy was considered a remote region with high rates of poverty. As a result, many generations migrated from Limanköy to larger cities in Turkey and to other countries in search of better opportunities and employment prospects. These waves of immigration slowed down when tea was widely planted in Limanköy in the 1940s.

Community

The local economy is mainly dependent on tea-growing. People also grow corn and

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. Most of the people who currently live in Limanköy are retirees. Limanköy is famous for its hawks ''(Atmaca)''. In the summer, people sometimes hunt hawks with birds. The literacy rate of the town is 100%. A lot of Turkish parliament members and many successful businessmen were from Limankoy.

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