Ardeşen

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title: "Ardeşen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ardeşen", "populated-places-in-ardeşen-district", "black-sea-port-cities-and-towns-in-turkey", "fishing-communities-in-turkey", "populated-coastal-places-in-turkey", "laz-settlements-in-turkey", "district-municipalities-in-turkey"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeşen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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History

See Rize Province for the history of the area, at one time part of the Colchis and Lazica kingdoms, Roman, Byzantine Empires and Kingdom of Georgia and later the Empire of Trebizond until their defeat in 1461 by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. Explanations of the origin of the word Ardeşen in Armenian, Georgian and Laz have not yet been conclusive, but the root art̆a- in the name means fire in Persian. We also see this root in the surrounding districts. For example, Art̆anuci (Ardanuç).

Geography

Ardeşen is sandwiched between sea and mountain, with 10 km of Black Sea coastline, while most of the district is hill and mountain, extending 50 km inland, up to the Altıparmak hills and then on to Çamlıhemşin and the Kaçkar Lazistan mountains. There is plenty of rainfall but little land flat enough for planting anything except for tea, and life is hard in these wet highlands. The highland villages are remote, and reaching them with roads, cables and other infrastructure is very challenging.

This was even more the case before tea planting began, when successive generations migrated away from the area to jobs in Turkey's larger cities or abroad. 10% of the land is used for tea growing, otherwise there is little agriculture except gardening for local consumption. The first tea-processing factory was opened in 1947; other industry includes sawmills and furniture workshops. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Ardeşen,_Lazistan_არტაშენი,_ლაზეთი.jpg" caption="Ardeşen"] ::

The industrial development is in the town of Ardeşen itself, which is on the coast near the mouth of the Fırtına River. Ardeşen has a lot of beautiful public buildings and apartment blocks. The busy coast road through Ardeşen leads up to Turkey's border with Georgia. The cuisine is like the typical Turkish menu, but there are a lot of special foods typical for the region like minci / cökelek or muhlama, to mention only some of the rich cuisine of Ardeşen. Ardeşen has some local radio, TV and newspapers, like Ardeşen'in Sesi.

The income from tea growing has brought more amenities to Ardeşen but the traditional rural lifestyle persists; many of the people in the countryside are ethnic Laz and the older generations in particular continue to speak the Laz language, although their traditional clothing has disappeared with the ban on growing hemp. Education, however, is quite successful, with literacy rates of 97% among men and 89% among women.

The people of Ardeşen have a reputation for their love of firearms; most people carry them and home-made small arms are a thriving trade, to such an extent that in 1991 the state established a factory here to produce them legally and try to bring the industry under control |title = ASİLSAN - ARDEŞEN SİLAH SANAYİİ |publisher = Asilsan Ardeşen Arms Industry |url = http://www.rize.gov.tr/ardesen/Asilsan.htm |access-date = 2008-04-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080211090159/http://www.rize.gov.tr/ardesen/Asilsan.htm |archive-date = 2008-02-11 |url-status = dead

The municipality consists of the following 23 quarters: Bahar, Başmahalle, Cami, Düz, Elmalık, Kahveciler, Kavaklıdere, Kuzey, Merkez, Müftü, Şentepe, Yayla, Yenimahalle, Barış, Deniz, Fırtına, Çiftekavak, Işıklı, Yavuzselim, Cumhuriyet, Fatih, Konaktepe and Taşbaşı.

Climate

Ardeşen has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).

|location = Ardeşen |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan mean C = 6.6 |Feb mean C = 6.9 |Mar mean C = 8.1 |Apr mean C = 11.9 |May mean C = 15.5 |Jun mean C = 19.4 |Jul mean C = 21.7 |Aug mean C = 21.8 |Sep mean C = 19.4 |Oct mean C = 15.6 |Nov mean C = 12.1 |Dec mean C = 8.5 |year mean C = 14.0 |Jan precipitation mm = 194 |Feb precipitation mm = 142 |Mar precipitation mm = 118 |Apr precipitation mm = 85 |May precipitation mm = 79 |Jun precipitation mm = 140 |Jul precipitation mm = 121 |Aug precipitation mm = 156 |Sep precipitation mm = 200 |Oct precipitation mm = 249 |Nov precipitation mm = 217 |Dec precipitation mm = 224 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Climate-Data.org |url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/8543/ |title = Climate: Ardeşen |access-date = 14 April 2014 |publisher = Climate-Data.org}}

Sport

The Ardeşen GSK, a women's handball club, play in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League.

The town has multiple football clubs, the main one being Ardeşenspor.

Places of interest

  • Fırtına Deresi, a river running down from the Kaçkars, is used for rafting.
  • Tunca (Dutxe), where the 'formulaz' traditional car races take place.

References

References

  1. [https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021". [[TÜİK]].
  3. [https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. (2014-08-01). "Ardeşen GSK'dan 13 İmza Birden". [[Milliyet]].

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