Maçka

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Maçka

Total population

24,869

Coordinates40.81°, 39.61°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Maçka is a municipality and district of Trabzon province, Turkey. Its area is 925 km2, and its population is 24,709 (2022). The name derives from Laz მაჩხა (maçxa), rendered in medieval Greek as Matzouka, which was one of the provinces of the Empire of Trebizond. In Ottoman times, the area formed the nahiye of Maçuka. The Greek Orthodox Sumela Monastery and Vazelon Monastery are located in the district.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

H

Hakkı Keskin

Turkish-German statesperson (born 1943)

Volkan Konak

Turkish singer (1967–2025)

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Saffet Bulut

Turkish architect and statesperson (born 1952)

G

Güven Çavuş

Turkish association football player (born 1989)

Gülbahar Hatun

Concubine of Bayezid II and mother of Selim I

H

Hattat Aziz Efendi

Turkish calligrapher (1871–1934)

S

Süleyman Daniş Eyüboğlu

Turkish statesperson (1893–1974)

A

Arslan Bulut

Turkish journalist (born 1959)

Ç

Çetin Doğan

Turkish general and statesperson (born 1940)

C

Cemile Cevher Çiçek

Turkish singer (1926–2010)

İ

İsmet Zeki Eyuboğlu

Turkish translator and writer (1925–2003)

Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı

Turkish statesperson (born 1954)

S

Selim Akbulut

Turkish association football player (born 1984)

Ö

Ömer Fevzi Eyüboğlu

Turkish journalist (1884–1952)

M

Mustafa Kara

Turkish statesperson (1956–2013)

E

Emircan Altıntaş

Turkish association football player (born 1995)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Maçka

Trabzon Maçka etimoloji sözlüğü

Kudret Emiroğlu · 1989

Trabzon Maçka etimoloji sözlügü

Kudret Emiroğlu · 1989

Maçka nüfus defteri

Adnan Durmuş · 2016

Şahinler çarpışıyor 1750-1844

A. Güngör Üçüncüoğlu · 2015

Tarih ve kültürü ile Maçka

Adnan Durmuş · 2010

Maçka tarihi

Adnan Durmuş · 2015

Trabzon'un yer adları

Enver Uzun · 2007

Maçka yolları taşlı

Mustafa Duman · 2014

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Creeping Savory

Satureja spicigera

Seen 2026-09-13

Indian-Meal Moth

Plodia interpunctella

Seen 2026-08-27

Whorled Clary

Salvia verticillata

Seen 2026-08-27

purple crownvetch

Securigera varia

Seen 2026-08-27

Smooth Snake

Coronella austriaca

Seen 2026-08-17

Silvery Bryum

Bryum argenteum

Seen 2026-08-17

Klasea quinquefolia

Klasea quinquefolia

Seen 2026-08-17

Eurasian Winter Ant

Prenolepis nitens

Seen 2026-08-17

hemp agrimony

Eupatorium cannabinum

Seen 2026-08-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).