Akdere is a village in the
Ardeşen District
Ardeşen District is a district of the Rize Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Ardeşen.[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 154 (2021).
Old name of the village was Hocibadi. Hocibadi (ხოჯიბადი) means "old ox" in Laz language. "Hoci" (ხოჯი) means ox and "badi" (ბადი) means old.
References
Villages in Ardeşen District
Laz settlements in Turkey
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