Petekli is a village in the Sürmene district of the city Trabzon. History. The original name of the settlement was Makavla.In the Ottoman land registry of 1530, the settlement is recorded as a village named Makavla, belonging to the Sürmene district of that time. Geography. It is 35 km away from the Trabzon city center and 4 km away from the Sürmene district center