Ä°kizdere District
İkizdere District is a district of the Rize Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of İkizdere.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its area is 855 km², and its population is 6,409 (2021).

Composition

There is one in Ä°kizdere District: *

Ä°kizdere

There are 29

villages

in Ä°kizdere District:
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Ä°kizdere
İkizdere (Laz: Xuras) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of İkizdere District.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its population is 1,875 (2021).

Etymology

Formerly known as ''Dipotamos'' and ''Kuray-ı Sab'', İkizdere means "twin streams" in both the Pontic Greek and Turkish language, Turkish languages, and indeed the ''Çamlık'' and ''Cimil'' rivers meet here to form the ''İkizdere''.

Demographics

The non-Turkic natives converted to Islam during the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman period and during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the natives stayed in the area. The population pyramid of Ä°kizdere (see below) is ...
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Districts Of Turkey
The Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the ''qadaa, kaza''. Most provinces bear the same name as their respective provincial capital (political), capital districts. However, many urban provinces, designated as greater municipalities, have a center consisting of multiple districts, such as the provincial capital of Ankara Province, Ankara province, Ankara, The City of Ankara, comprising nine separate districts. Additionally three provinces, Kocaeli, Sakarya, and Hatay have their capital district named differently from their province, as İzmit, Adapazarı, and Antakya respectively. A district may cover both rural and urban areas. In many provinces, one district of a province is designated the central district (''merkez ilçe'') from which the district is administered. The central district is administered by an appointed pr ...
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Rize Province
Rize Province () is a province of northeast Turkey, on the eastern Black Sea coast between Trabzon and Artvin. The province of Erzurum is to the south. Its area is 3,835 km2, and its population is 344,016 (2022). The capital is the city of Rize. It was formerly known as Lazistan, however the designation of the term of Lazistan was officially banned in 1926. The province is home to Turkish, Laz, Hemshin and Georgian communities. Etymology The name comes from Greek (riza), meaning "mountain slopes". The Georgian, Laz, and Armenian names also have Greek origins: their names in respective order are ''Rize'' (რიზე), ''Rizini'' (რიზინი), and ''Rize'' (Ռիզե). History Pre-antiquity We have little information as to the prehistory of this region, which being covered in thick forest is difficult to excavate and reveals little. Colchis, which existed from the 13th to the 1st centuries BC, is regarded as an early proto- Georgian polity that may have re ...
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TÜİK
Turkish Statistical Institute (commonly known as TurkStat; or TÜİK) is the Turkish government agency commissioned with producing official statistics on Turkey, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It was founded in 1926 and headquartered in Ankara. Formerly named as the State Institute of Statistics (Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü (DİE)), the institute was renamed as the Turkish Statistical Institute on November 18, 2005. See also * List of Turkish provinces by life expectancy References External linksOfficial website of the institute National statistical services Statistical Organizations established in 1926 Organizations based in Ankara {{Sci-org-stub ...
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Municipality
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Villages Of Turkey
A village (, ''karye'' in the Ottoman era) is the second smallest settlement unit in Turkey. The 51 regular provinces of Turkey and 30 province-level Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipalities are divided into Districts of Turkey, districts. A 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, 2013 reform converted all 16,803 villages in the metropolitan municipalities, into neighborhoods () of the districts. Remaining villages are in the rural areas of the districts in regular provinces, and have about 8.7% of the country's population. Each village or neighborhood elects a ''muhtar (title), muhtar''. Some more populous villages have been incorporated as towns (), but in the others, the muhtar is responsible for all village services. As of 2023, there are 18,277 villages and 32,261 neighbourhoods in Turkey. Abolished subdistricts During the early years of the Turkish Republic, subdistricts called bucak (administrative unit), bucak had been established for th ...
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Ayvalık, İkizdere
Ayvalık is a village in the İkizdere District, Rize Province, in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its population is 93 (2021). History Some of the villagers are ethnically Laz. Geography The village is located away from İkizdere İkizdere (Laz: Xuras) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of İkizdere District.

Bayırköy, İkizdere
Bayırköy is a village in the İkizdere District, Rize Province, in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its population is 169 (2021). History Most villagers are ethnically Laz. Geography The village is located away from İkizdere İkizdere (Laz: Xuras) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of İkizdere District.

Demirkapı, İkizdere
Demirkapı is a village in the İkizdere District, Rize Province, in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its population is 191 according to the 2021 census. Geography The village is located at , from the İkizdere İkizdere (Laz: Xuras) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of İkizdere District.

Gürdere, İkizdere
Gürdere is a village in the İkizdere District, Rize Province, in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its population is 289 (2021). History Some of the villagers are ethnically Laz. Geography The village is located away from İkizdere İkizdere (Laz: Xuras) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of İkizdere District.

Meşeköy, İkizdere
Meşeköy is a village in the İkizdere District, Rize Province, in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its population is 281 (2021). History Some of the villagers are ethnically Laz. Village is famous for Lazboard festival. Geography The village is located away from İkizdere İkizdere (Laz: Xuras) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of İkizdere District.

Rüzgarlı, İkizdere
Rüzgarlı is a village in the İkizdere District, Rize Province, in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its population is 117 (2021). Turkish singer Tarkan is from this village. History According to ''list of villages in Laz language'' book (2009), name of the village is Mize, which means "dark bird". Most of the villagers are ethnically Laz or Hemshin. Geography The village is located away from İkizdere İkizdere (Laz: Xuras) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of İkizdere District.