Özgür is a village in the Ardeşen District,

Rize Province Rize Province () is a province of northeast Turkey, on the eastern Black Sea coast between Trabzon and Artvin. The province of Erzurum is to the south. Its area is 3,835 km2, and its population is 344,016 (2022). The capital is the city of R ...

, in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its population is 159 (2021).

History

According to ''list of villages in

Laz language The Laz or Lazuri language () is a Kartvelian languages, Kartvelian language spoken by the Laz people on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea. In 2007, it was estimated that there were around 20,000 native speakers in Turkey, in a strip of ...

'' book (2009), name of the village is Mushkale. Most villagers are ethnically Laz.

Geography

The village is located away from

Ardeşen Ardeşen (Laz language, Laz and Georgian language, Georgian: არტაშენი/Art'asheni or არდაშენი/Ardasheni; Armenian language, Armenian: Արտաշեն/Artashen) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey ...

References

Villages in Ardeşen District Laz settlements in Turkey {{Rize-geo-stub