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The Lazistan Eyalet (or Lazistan; Turkish: Lazistan eyaleti) is the theoretical reform of Turkey's administrative division proposed by the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2013. These reforms constitute a significant change in territorial administration and management of local services, aiming to give more autonomy to local governments across the country.
Erdoğan reportedly said in 2013, that the Ottoman Empire used to call the Black Sea region — “Lazistan”,[1] which belonged to the Laz community, while the founding Parliament of the Republic of Turkey used to call the southeastern Anatolian region — “Kurdistan.” His remarks referring to the provincial administration of the Ottoman Empire was target of criticism since they could be interpreted as a sign of Erdoğan’s desire to implement a federal system. To challenge the opposition nationalists, Recep Tayyip Erdogan alluded to the Ottoman eyalet system of semi-autonomous provinces and recalled that during the Ottoman era there were eyalets called Kurdistan and Lazistan.[2] In his opinion 'A powerful Turkey should never fear the state system',[3] autonomous self-governance within the state of Turkey should be possible and would even be a source of strength for Turkey.
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The LazistanEyalet (or Lazistan; Turkish: Lazistan eyaleti) is the theoretical reform of Turkey's administrative division proposed by the Recep Tayyip...
Eyalets (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت, pronounced [ejaːˈlet], lit. 'state'), also known as beylerbeyliks or pashaliks, were the primary administrative divisions...
as part of eyalet of Trabzon, under the administration of a Governor who governed from the town of Rizaion (Rize). His title was "Lazistan Mutasserif";...
Trebizond Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت طربزون, romanized: Eyālet-i Ṭrabzōn) or Trabzon Beylerbeyliği was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Established...
Erdogan recalled that during the Ottoman era there were eyalets called Kurdistan and Lazistan. He stated that autonomous self-governance within the state...
conquered by resurgent Ottoman forces and reorganized into the Lazistan sanjak as part of eyalet of Trabzon. The Ottomans fought for three centuries to destroy...
conquered by resurgent Ottoman forces and reorganized into the Lazistan Sanjak as part of eyalet of Trabzon. From the late-17th century onwards, the Ottoman...
were gathered. After the Russian-Turkish War of 1877–1878, the sanjak of Lazistan was established. Rize became the center of the district due to the cession...
Rum Eyalet, later of Erzincan-Bayburt eyalet, Anadolu Eyalet, and Erzurum Eyalet. In 1598 it became the capital of its own province - the Eyalet of Trebizond...
Erdogan recalled that during the Ottoman era there were eyalets called Kurdistan and Lazistan. He stated that autonomous self-governance within the state...
later fled to Abkhazia under the Russian Empire Hemshin peoples Hemşin Lazistan Emirate of Armenia Empire of Trebizond Pontus Simonian. "Hamshen Before...
territory of their forefathers in the neighborhood of Mount Ararat; the three eyalets of Erzeroum, Diarbekir and Kurdistan contain many villages peopled entirely...
Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Eugen Lazistan, Fedor Mikovič, Ivan Kučma, and Anna Jurečková, Slovakia: A Photographic...
annexed its southern provinces of Adjara, Northern Chaneti (latter-day Lazistan), and Machakheli, which had earlier been acquired by Rostom Gurieli (1534–64)...
history of the city of Batumi, Georgia. 1873 – Batumi is the main city of Lazistan sanjak. 1870s – The construction of the sea port was finished and the expansion...
Laz people Place of distribution Lazistan Georgia Turkey Germany Religion Sunni Islam Christianity Eparchy of Batumi and Lazeti The Seven Brothers of Lazia...
the Ottoman government decided to make Batoum a principal town of the Lazistan province and began the construction of a new town to north-west of the...
1920. The Treaty of Sèvres of 1920 granted Georgia control over eastern Lazistan including Rize and Hopa.[citation needed] However, the Georgian government...
Svaneti, Racha; the modern Turkey’s Rize, Trabzon and Artvin provinces (Lazistan, Tao-Klarjeti); and the modern Russia’s Sochi and Tuapse districts.[citation...
Racha; the modern Turkish provinces of Rize, Trabzon and Artvin provinces (Lazistan, Tao-Klarjeti); and the modern Russian districts of Sochi and Tuapse.[citation...
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