Artvin, Artvin Merkez, Artvin, Turkey
Artvin is a city in northeastern Turkey about 30 km inland from the Black Sea. It is located on a hill overlooking the Çoruh River near the Deriner Dam. It is a former bishopric and (vacant) Armenian Catholic titular see and the home of Artvin Çoruh University.
It is thought that the Hurris, the ancestors of the Turks, are the first people who dominated Artvin. They founded city sites in Artvin and its neighbourhood starting from 2000 BC. The Hittite King Mürşit II conquered Artvin after the attacks which started in 1360 BC and lasted 20 years later. The Urartus, descendants of the Hurris, founded the state whose capital city was Van and whose income was based on agriculture-livestock-trade in the Eastern Anatolia. They extended their northern borders to Artvin. However, they couldn’t resist the pressure of the Iskits who was migrating from the east and they were destroyed. After this destruction, Artvin was on the west borderline of the Iskit State whose center was in Caucasia.
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