Eastern Karadeniz
Eastern Karadeniz is the eastern part of Black Sea Turkey, comprising the provinces of Artvin, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Trabzon and Rize. It has historic cities along its coast while mountains rise behind.Photo: SaraYeomans, CC BY 2.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Trabzon and Rize.
Trabzon
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Trabzon is the largest city in the Eastern Karadeniz region of Turkey, with a population of 323,000 in 2023, and another 500,000 in the outlying towns.
Rize
Giresun
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Giresun is a city in the Eastern Karadeniz region, on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. In 2023 the population was 144,000.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Tonya and Ayder.
Tonya
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Tonya is a town in the mountains of Eastern Karadeniz, the Black Sea region of Turkey. In 2022 the population was 13,500.
Ayder
Photo: Zcebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ayder is a summer resort in the Eastern Karadeniz region of Turkey, at an altitude of 1350 m in the Kaçkar Mountains. It's a yayla, thronged with hikers June to August but virtually closed up in winter, so it has no resident population.
Eastern Karadeniz
- Type: region
- Location: Black Sea Turkey, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude of center
40.87° or 40° 52′ 12″ northLongitude of center
39.88° or 39° 52′ 48″ eastWikidata ID
Q14214554
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Slovenian—“Eastern Karadeniz” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Karadeniz oriental”
- Dimli (individual language): “Rocvetışê Royê Siyay”
- Italian: “Regione del Mar Nero orientale”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodni Karadeniz”
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