Tag: Rize
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 Beauty of Lazistan: Landscapes of the Eastern Black Sea
The landscapes of Lazistan: the Firtina valley, Zil Kale, the highland pastures and the tea terraces of the eastern Black Sea coast.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.
