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| Town | |
 Location of Fındıklı within Turkey. | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Region | Black Sea |
| Province | Rize |
| Area | |
| • District | 394.96 km (152.49 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Urban | Template:Turkey district populations |
| • District | Template:Turkey district populations |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 53 |
| Area code | (0090)+ 464 |
| Licence plate | 53 |
Fındıklı (Laz: ვიწე/Vi3'e; Georgian: ვიწე/Vi3'e) is a town and district of Rize Province on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, east of the city of Rize.
Etymology
The town was formerly known as Vitze which some claims that means twig or branch in the Laz language and was renamed Fındıklı after the hazelnuts that were grown here, (although these have now mostly been replaced with tea). Scholar Özhan Öztürk claims that Vice towns related with the word vis meand "town" from Thrakian or another Indo-European Languages (Old Persian Vith, Avesta visa, Sanskrit vesah, Goth weihs etc.) Öztürk, claims that Istanbul's old name Byzantion, Vize town in Kırklareli (Thracia), Visa, Visani, Viziru and Vizireni towns in Romania,Vis in Bulgaria, Viçe, Visir, Aşağı Viçe, Arhavi (Arkeo + Vice "old wown), visera, Vizera in Pontus, Bizirne and Bizeri town in Paphlagonia are related with the same origin..
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History
See Rize Province for the history the area, once part of the Roman Empire, and the Empire of Trebizond, brought into the Ottoman Empire in 1509 and briefly occupied by Russia at the end of the First World War.
References
- "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- Özhan Öztürk. Pontus: Antik Çağ’dan Günümüze Karadeniz’in Etnik ve Siyasi Tarihi. Genesis Yayınları. Ankara, 2011. 2. Baskı p. 247-348. ISBN 978-605-54-1017-9
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| Fındıklı, Rize in Rize Province of Turkey | ||
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