page_title: Çaykara
section_title: Villages
hierarchical_section_title: Çaykara / Villages
caption_attribution_description: English: This is an image of the mosque in Taşören village in the Çaykara district of the province of Trabzon, Turkey after it was restored in 2009. Only a few weeks after this photo was taken the mosque unfortunatly burnt down partially.
context_page_description: Çaykara is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. As of 2014, the District Mayor of Çaykara is Hanefi Tok. Çaykara village lies in a V-shaped valley along the Solaklı River in the Pontic Mountains, at an elevation of around 300 metres. Çaykara district lies to the south of Dernekpazarı and forms the upper part of the Of-valley system, with peaks reaching to over 3300 meters. The western half of İkizdere district - which lies just east of Çaykara and is now part of Rize province - was historically also part of the same administrative and cultural region. Large swathes of the district are made up of old-growth temperate broadleaf and mixed forest, gradually making way for alpine tundra at higher altitudes.
context_section_description: Within Çaykara district there are about 30 villages which are more or less permanently settled. These villages are listed north to south, with their Turkish and Greek names. In most cases these villages also have or share a distinct logging settlement, a lower communal pasture (called a 'kom' in Romeyka, 'mezire' in Turkish), and a hamlet on the high summer pasture ('parharia' or 'megalo kampos' in Romeyka, 'yayla' in Turkish). These smaller seasonally occupied places are not listed here.
  Akdoğan - Yukarı Hopşera / Χοψερά
  Soğanlı - Aşağı Hopşera / Κάτω Χοψερά
  Kabataş - Fotinos / Φωτεινός
  Baltacılı/Yeşilalan - Xolaisa / Χολάισσα
  Çaykara - Kadahor, Kato Horiou, Katohoriou, Kato Choriou, Katokhor, Katohori / Κατωχωρίου
  Taşören - Zeleka / Ζέλεκα
  Kayran - Limli / Λιμνή
  Fındıklıdere - Lemetos
  Eğridere - Ğorğoras / Γοργοράς, Γρηγοράς
  Işıklı - Huşo
  Sur - Şiro / Σύρος, Σούρ'
  Maraşlı - (Nefsi) Paçan, Patsan / (Νεφσί) Πατσάν
  Koldere - Vahtanç / Βαχτάνος
  Şahinkaya - Feğmonos
  Ataköy - Şinek / Σινέκ
  Yukarıkumlu - Aso Mimiloz / Άνω Μίμιλος
  Aşağıkumlu  - Kato Mimiloz / Κάτω Μίμιλος
  Çambaşı - Anaşo, Anatho / Άνωθο
  Taşlıgedik - Mezrai Paçan, Mezire-i Patsan / Μεζιρέ Πατσάν
  Çamlıbel - Harheş / Άνω Σινέκ
  Taşkıran - Çoroş / Τσορόσ', Χορχός ή Τσόρος
  Köşeli - Klisura / Κλεισουρα
  Demirli - Kotli / Κοτλού
  Derindere - Aso Foliza / Ασσό Φώλιζα
  Çayıroba - Yente / Γέντη
  Uzungöl - Saraho, Şaraho, Sarahos / Σαράχο
  Köknar - Ogene, Okena, Ocena / Όκενα
  Uzuntarla - Alisinos, Alithinos / Αληθινός
  Yaylaönü  - Haros / Χάρος
  Karaçam - Aso Ocena / Άνω Όκενα
  Arpaözü - İpsil / Υψήλ'
  Demirkapı - Haldizen / Χάλντιζεν
  Şekersu - Sakarsu
  Ulucami - Zeno / Ξένος
caption: The mosque of Zeleka (Taşören) in 2010, just after it had been restored, and just before it burned down. Currently (2018), the mosque has been restored again.
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