A 5th-century Laz monk and theologian, born in Lazica, who became a founder of Christian monasticism in Jerusalem and the lifelong companion of Peter the Iberian.

After Russia annexed Batumi in 1878, tens of thousands of Muslim Laz left as muhacir and resettled around Duzce, the Marmara region and Istanbul.

For most of its history, Lazuri (the Laz language) was an oral language, carried in songs, proverbs and everyday speech but rarely written down. Documenting its ...