The Global Laz Community: From the Black Sea to the World While the heartland of the Laz people remains the southeastern Black Sea coast of Turkey ...

The Kingdom of Lazica: Between Empires Along the misty shores of the eastern Black Sea, between the towering peaks of the Caucasus and the waters of ...

The Horon: The Heartbeat of Laz Culture Of all the cultural expressions that define the Laz people, none is more immediately recognizable or emotionally powerful than ...

Welcome to Lazepe.com: A New Voice for the Laz People We are proud to announce the launch of Lazepe.com, an independent online platform dedicated to preserving, ...

Lazuri: A Unique and Endangered Language of the Caucasus The Laz language, known to its speakers as Lazuri (or sometimes Lazuri nena, literally “the Laz tongue”), ...

The Rize Attack of 1547: Ottoman Conquest and the Fall of Lazistan The history of the Laz people is marked by centuries of resistance, adaptation, and ...