belde
Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish.
All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...
'') and municipality in the
Bayburt District
Bayburt District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central") is a district of Bayburt Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city Bayburt.Bayburt Province
Bayburt Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province of Turkey. Located in the Northeast Anatolia Region (statistical), Northeast Anatolia region of the country, the capital city is Bayburt. Its area is 3,746 km2, and its population is 84,24 ...
, northeastern
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its population is 2,608 (2021). Arpali consists of three quarters: Cumhuriyet, Hūrriyet and Çiçekli.Mahalle Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
History
The oldest written source about Arpalı is dated at 1516 with the name Niv. In the book ''Bayburt Province'', Prof. Dr. İsmet Miroğlu states that only eight
Muslim
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and 41
Christian
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soldiers were living at Arpalı in 1516.
Parks and shops
There are a couple of parks in Arpalı, including scenic parks located around the
Çoruh River
The Chorokh ( ka, ჭოროხი ''Ch'orokhi'' , , ''Chorokh'', , , ''Akampsis'') is a river that rises in the Mescit Mountains in north-eastern Turkey, flows through the cities of Bayburt, İspir, Yusufeli, and Artvin, along the Kelkit Rive ...
region. There are several shops and one mall in Arpalı, and due to transportation availability from
Bayburt
Bayburt () is a city in northeast Turkey lying on the Çoruh River. It is the seat of Bayburt Province and Bayburt District.Trabzon
Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...