title: Araklı
text: 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 "Arakli" 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
  
  See also
   Araklı Arena
  
  References
  
  External links
  
  District governor's official website 
  A local online guide to Araklı
  A local website about Araklı
  
  Populated places in Trabzon Province
  Fishing communities in Turkey
  Populated coastal places in Turkey
  Districts of Trabzon Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey