Arpalı Kasabası

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Coordinates: 40°22′N 40°10′E / 40.367, 40.167
Arpalı Kasabası
Location of Arpalı Kasabası within Turkey.
Country	Turkey
Province	Bayburt
Government
- Mayor	Şadi Terzi (Justice and Development Party)
Area
- Total	25 km² (9.7 sq mi)
Elevation	1,538 m (5,046 ft)
Population (2005)
- Total	2,703
- Density	108.12/km² (280/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	69 550
Area code(s)	0 458 232 XXXX
Licence plate	69
Website: http://www.arpali.bel.tr/

Arpalı Kasabası is a town at north east of Turkey. Town is a part of Bayburt Province. Arpali consist of two districts. Demarch of Cumhuriyet District is Bünyamin Cengiz and demarch of Hūrriyet district is Karabey Ergūl.

1 History
2 Mosques
3 Parks and shops
4 Education
5 Transportation
6 Sports
- 6.1 Views of Arpalı
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] History

Oldest written source about Arpalı is dated at 1516 with the name Niv. Book called Bayburt Province which was written by Prof. Dr. İsmet Miroğlu states that at 1516 only 8 Muslim and 41 Christian soldiers were living at Arpalı.

[edit] Mosques

Ottoman style mosque of the town.

[edit] Parks and shops

There are couple parks exist in Arpalı. The parks which are near to the Çoruh River have very nice views. There are several shops and one mall exist in Arpalı. Because of easy transportation from Bayburt it is possible find almost everything needed for dailylife.

Şadi Terzi mayor of Arpalı.

[edit] Education

There are no colleges or universities in Arpalı, but there are primary, secondary and high schools.

[edit] Transportation

Public transport services exits from Bayburt to Arpalı , it is possible to find a bus every 15 minutes within 8:00 am to 18:00 pm. After 18:00 intercity buses which are going north to Trabzon or Gümüşhane also pass through Arpalı municipality.

Map of the town.

[edit] Sports

Arpalıspor is one of the best teams in Bayburt province which is consist of mostly local player. Lokman Ergul was the director for couple years and during this time team improve its quality and get successful results at Bayburt league.