Artvin Province

**Artvin Province** () is a province in Turkey, on the Black Sea coast in the noreastren corner o the kintra, on the border wi Georgie.

The provincial caipital is the ceety o **[[Artvin]]**.

## Geography

Artvin is a bonnie aurie o steep glens carvit bi the Çoruh River seestem, surroondit bi heich muntains o Kaçkar, Karçal an Yalnızçam(up to 3900&nbsp;m) an wid wi hintle naitional pairkland includin the Karagöl-Sahara, whilk contains the Şavşat an Borçka lakes. The weather in Artvin is vera wet an mild at the coast, an as a result is hivily forestit. This greenery rins frae the tap aw the wey doun tae the Black Sea coast. The rain turns tae snaw at heicher altitudes, an the peaks is vera cauld in winter.

The wids is hame tae broun bears an wouves. The Çoruh is nou bein dammit in 11 places for hydro-electric pouer, includin the 249&nbsp;m Deriner Dam an ithers at Borçka an Muratlı.

In addition tae the vast majority ethnic Turks, the province is hame tae commonties o Laz fowk an Hemshin fowks. In particular, there a prominent commonty o Chveneburi Georgies mony o them descendants o Muslim faimilies frae Georgie wha migratit in the struggles atween the Ottoman Turks an Roushie durin the 19t century. Wi sic diverse fowks, Artvin haes a rich variety o fowk sang an dance (see Arifana an Kochari for examples o fowk cultur).

Local industries include bee-keepin inspecially in Macahel region.

Artvin is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

## History
The aurie haes a rich history but hisnae been studied extensively bi archaeologists in recent decades. Artifacts datin back tae the Bronze Age an even earlier hae been foun. The Hurri settled in the Artvin bit in 2000&nbsp;BC an wis succeedit bi the Urartu civilisation, based in Lake Van. Later, the place wis pairt o the kinrick o Colchis but wis aye vulnerable tae invasion: first the Scythians came fae athort the Caucasus, then the Muslim armies led bi Habib, son of Caliph Uthman, wha controllt the aurie fae 853&nbsp;AD til 1023 whan it wis conquered bi the Byzantines frae the Sac Emirate linkit til the Abbasids.

The Seljuk Turks of Alparslan conquered the aurie in 1064&nbsp;AD; but efter his deith, it was briefly recaptured by the king o Georgia wi the help o the Byzantines, but bi 1081 wis in the Turkis hauns again whan Saltukoğlu Beylik managed tae tak it back with the aid of Melikşah. Wi the collapse of the Seljuks, the Artvin area came unner the control of the Ildeniz tribe of the Anatolian Turkish beyliks. Fechtin for control atween various Turkish clans continued til the Safavids, takkin advantage o this infechtin, managed tae can conquer the aurie in 1502.

The Ottoman Empire unner Mehmet II defeatit the Empire of Trebizond tae bring the eastern Black Sea coast an the mountanous hinterland unner their control.  Subsequent expeditions intae the mountains bi Selim I and Mehmed Han Yusufeli gied them control of a hantle o castles an, throu daein this, the hale district. Kara Ahmet Pasha, the vizer o Suleiman I formed the first Livane Sanjak wi the name Pert-Eğekte. In 13 July 1551, wi İskender Pasha's  Ardanuç castle, the Ottoman control o Artvin wis secure. Ahmed III's vizer Hasan Pasha foundit the ceety o Batum in the ne acquired lands o Ajaria an it became the hub o the aurie. 

This lastit 250 year til the aurie wis gien ower til the Roushians bi the Ottoman Empire follaein the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829), an recovered an again gien ower at the conclusion o the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Artvin wis in war zone an continuously chyngin control atween Roushie an Turkey wi the Treaties o Brest-Litovsk, Moscow, an Kars. Aw this fechtin an uncertainty atween Roushie an Turkey in the late 19th century caused the fowk o Artvin to suffer terribly, wi a fair feck o the population flittin westwart awa frae the Roushian-controllt zones.

The Russians resiled frae Artvin follaein the Bolshevik Revolution o 1917; but whan the First World War endit wi the Ottomans on the losin side, British troops muived intae the aurie in 1918, follaed bi the new independent Georgians. The  Treaty of Sèvres o 1920 grantit Georgia control ower eastern Lazistan includin Rize an Hopa. There wis muives tae incorporate Artvin intae Georgia but a referendum wis cawed for in 1920, the nascent Democratic Republic of Georgia cudnae reclaim its historical land includin Ardahan an Rize. Fearin occupation frae Turkey an ratification o Treaty of Brest-Litovsk bi the Russian SFSR forced the Georgians tae resile their claim on Artvin in 1921 bi the Treaty of Kars.

In 1924, the Liva Sanjak wis abolished an the Artvin Vilayet wis created. Artvin Vilayet wis combined wi Rize tae form Çoruh Vilayet wi the caipital at Rize. It wis separated intil Artvin Province wi the districts of Ardanuç, Arhavi, Artvin, Borçka, Hopa Murgul, Şavşat and Yusufeli at 4 January 1936.

## Places o interest
* The ceety o Artvin haes an auncient castle an a nummer o Ottoman period hooses, mosques, an foontains.
* Ivery Juin, there a "bull-warstlin" festival in the heich plateau o Kafkasör
* The Parekhi monastery, a Georgie monastery

Popular places for walkin an ootdoor expeditions.
* The Kaçkar Muntains is amang the maist-popular venues for trekkin holidays in Turkey.
* Macahel Glen on the Georgie border, is anither popular location for walkin hailidays.
* Papart wid in Şavşat
* Genciyan Brae in Şavşat, owerleuks the border an the Binboğa lochs.
* The lakes o Şavşat an Borçka an the crater lake o Kuyruklu.
* The Çoruh River is excellent for raftin an championships hae been held here * There a nummer o Georgie kirks in the glens o Yusufeli.
* Bilbilan Yaylası - a typical Turkish heich meadae.
* Savangin pre-historical cave wi an inscription written unkent or unsolvit alphabet

## Destricts
Artvin province is dividit intae 8 destricts (caipital destrict in **bauld**):
* Ardanuç
* Arhavi
* **[[Artvin]]**
* Borçka
* Hopa
* Murgul
* Şavşat
* Yusufeli

## Sister ceeties
*  Akhaltsikhe, Georgie
*  Casablanca, Morocco
*  Batumi, Georgie

## See an aw
* Arifana
* Kochari
* Tayk
* Tao-Klarjeti
*Leet o populatit places in Artvin Province

## References

## Freemit airtins

*  the provincial govrenorate