Pazarköy (literally “market village”) is a village in
Yenice District of
Çanakkale Province
Çanakkale Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. It takes its name from the city of Çanakkale.
Like Istanbul, Çanakkale province has a European (Thrace) and an Asian (Anatolia) part. The E ...
,
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. Its population is 1,340 (2021). It was initially founded by the ancient Greeks and was called Argyria (Αργυρία). Pazarköy is situated to the east of
Gönen creek and to the north of
Kaz Mountains (Ida Mountains of the antiquity). The distance to Yenice is and to
Çanakkale
Çanakkale (pronounced ), ancient ''Dardanellia'' (), is a city and seaport in Turkey in Çanakkale province on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. The population of the city is 195,439 (2021 estimate).
Çanakkale is ...
is The town was refounded by two
Turkmen tribes named İnallı and Hacılı. Between 1973 and the
2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''
belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish.
All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the villages (and also subdistricts) are usually too small to have ...
'').
Law No. 6360
''Official Gazette
A government gazette (also known as an official gazette, official journal, official newspaper, official monitor or official bulletin) is a periodical publication that has been authorised to publish public or legal notices. It is usually establis ...
'', 6 December 2012 . The main agricultural product is paprika.
References
Villages in Yenice District, Çanakkale
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