Güreşen
Güreşen
Beğlevan | |
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  Güreşen Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 41°27′N 41°38′E / 41.450°N 41.633°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Artvin |
| District | Borçka |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
| Population (2021) | 666 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 08490 |
| Area code | 0478 |
Güreşen, formerly Beglevan, Beğlevan, and Pehlevan[1] is a village in Borçka district of Artvin Province, Turkey.[2] Its population is 666 (2021).[3] It is close to the Georgian border to the east and Çoruh River to the south. The distance to Borçka is 22 kilometres (14 mi) and to Artvin is 54 kilometres (34 mi). Both the former and the present names of the village mean “wrestler”. Main economic activity of the watery village is agriculture.
Etymology
[edit]The oldest name of the village is Beghlevani (Laz and Georgian: ბეღლევანი), which might be a combination of the words “begheli” (ბეღელი) and “avani” (ავანი), meaning “barn” and “village/town” respectively.[4]
History
[edit]An Ottoman defter from 1835 registered that the village of Beğlevan (Ottoman Turkish: بغلوان) was its own nahiye within Lazistan Sanjak of the Eyalet of Childir.[5]
The village was ceded to Russia as part of the Treaty of Berlin following the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). An 1886 Russian census recorded the name of the village as Beglevan (Russian: Беглеван) and that it was assigned to the Gonio uchastok in Batumi okrug of Kutaisi Governorate.[6]
Demographics
[edit]Most villagers are ethnically Laz or Hemshin.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nişanyan, Sevan. "Index-Anatolicus: Türkiye yerleşim birimleri envanteri". Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ Chichinadze, Zakaria. Muslim Georgians and their villages in Georgia (in Georgian). p. 253.
- ^ "Ulusal Tez Merkezi | Anasayfa". tez.yok.gov.tr. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
- ^ "ГОНИЙСКИЙ УЧАСТОК1 (1886 г.)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on February 24, 2020.
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