Tag: Ottoman era
The Rize Hat Revolt of 1925: The Hamidiye and the Hangings
In December 1925 Rize rose against the Hat Law; the cruiser Hamidiye shelled the area and eight local men, including imam Saban Koliva, were hanged.The Conversion of the Laz to Islam
Christian for more than a thousand years, the Laz gradually converted to Sunni Islam under Ottoman rule, a slow transformation that shaped their identity today.The Sanjak of Lazistan: An Ottoman Province Named After the Laz
From the 16th century until 1923 the eastern Black Sea formed the Sanjak of Lazistan, the Ottoman province named after the Laz, until the name was ...The Tuzcuoglu Rebellions: Laz Revolt Against the Ottomans (1814-1834)
Between 1814 and 1834 the Laz of the eastern Black Sea, led by the Tuzcuoglu family, rose against Ottoman centralisation and even captured Trabzon, in one ...The Ottoman Conquest of Lazistan
How the Laz homeland entered the Ottoman Empire: Rize with the fall of Trebizond in 1461, the northern districts of Gonio and Batumi in 1547.
