Köprüköy is a village in the
Ardeşen District
Ardeşen District is a district of the Rize Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Ardeşen.[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 R ...]
, in
Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its population is 311 (2021).
History
According to ''list of villages in
Laz language
The Laz or Lazuri language () is a Kartvelian languages, Kartvelian language spoken by the Laz people on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea. In 2007, it was estimated that there were around 20,000 native speakers in Turkey, in a strip of ...
'' book (2009), name of the village is Timisvat. Most villagers are ethnically
Laz.
Geography
The village is located away from
Ardeşen
Ardeşen (Laz language, Laz and Georgian language, Georgian: არტაშენი/Art'asheni or არდაშენი/Ardasheni; Armenian language, Armenian: Արտաշեն/Artashen) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey ...
.
References
Villages in Ardeşen District
Laz settlements in Turkey
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