Why visit İyidere
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About İyidere
İyidere is a town in Rize Province on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey, 14 km from the city of Rize. It is the seat of İyidere District. Its population is 5,362 (2021).
From the Wikipedia article İyidere (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
See Rize Province for the history of the area, once part of the trading network of the Ancient Greeks based in Miletos, who founded the port of İyidere, then part of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire and the Empire of Trebizond until it was brought into the Ottoman Empire by Mehmet II in 1461.
From the History section of İyidere on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Map of İyidere
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Getting there and nearby towns
Rize-Artvin Airport (RZV) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 45 km away.
- Of 12 km southwest, about 12 min by car
- Kalkandere 12 km southeast, about 12 min by car
- Rize 13 km east, about 13 min by car
- Hayrat 14 km south, about 14 min by car
- Güneysu 21 km east, about 21 min by car
- Yomra 43 km west, about 43 min by car
- Trabzon 53 km west, about 53 min by car
- Ardeşen 55 km east, about 55 min by car
- Akçaabat 66 km west, about 1 h by car
- Bayburt 85 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Street-level photo, healixx, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, kubikanber, CC BY-SA 4.0
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