Rize, Türkiye Güncel Saati — TRT.

Rize is a coastal city in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Rize Province and Rize District. Its population is 119,828 (2021). Rize is a typical Turkish provincial capital with little in the way of nightlife or entertainment. Since the border with Georgia was opened in the early 1990s, the Black Sea coast road has been widened and the town is much wealthier than it used to be. Current Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's family has its roots in Rize and the local university is named after him. The city is linked by road with Trabzon, Hopa (55 miles [88 km] east on the Georgian border, and Erzurum. The Rize–Artvin Airport started operating in 2022.

Reading Rize against the global hubs: Dubai (~2,225 km), London (~3,285 km), Singapore (~7,699 km) are the close ones, with Sydney (~14,005 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.

Rize sits inside Türkiye — the Western Asia subregion, capital Ankara, languages Turkish, currency TRY (₺).

The closest mapped neighbors of Rize are Çayeli (18 km), Of (24 km), Sürmene (35 km), Araklı (40 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Rize: Labour Day, Atatürk Commemoration & Youth Day, Democracy and National Unity Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Türkiye.

Closest curated airport references from Rize: ASR Kayseri (496 km), GZT Gaziantep (524 km), NAV Nevşehir (569 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.