Araklı

Araklı (from Greek "Ηράκλεια" - Erakleia) is a municipality and district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its area is 464 km2, and its population is 48,581 (2022). The mayor is Recep Çebi (AKP). It is also claimed that the name "Araklı" is derived from 'Arakale', "the castle in the middle" in Turkish.

Composition
There are 50 neighbourhoods in Araklı District:


 * Aytaş
 * Ayvadere
 * Bahçecik
 * Bereketli
 * Birlik
 * Buzluca
 * Çamlıca
 * Çamlıktepe
 * Çankaya
 * Çiftepınar
 * Çukurçayır
 * Değirmencik
 * Erenler
 * Erikli
 * Halilli
 * Hasköy
 * Hürriyet
 * İyisu
 * Kalecik
 * Karatepe
 * Karşıyaka
 * Kayacık
 * Kayaiçi
 * Kaymaklı
 * Kestanelik
 * Köprüüstü
 * Kükürtlü
 * Merkez
 * Merkezköy
 * Ortaköy
 * Özgen
 * Pervane
 * Sulakyurt
 * Sularbaşı
 * Taşgeçit
 * Taşönü
 * Taştepe
 * Türkeli
 * Turnalı
 * Yalıboyu
 * Yassıkaya
 * Yeniköy
 * Yeşilce
 * Yeşilköy
 * Yeşilyurt
 * Yiğitözü
 * Yıldızlı
 * Yolgören
 * Yoncalı
 * Yüceyurt