İyidere

For the village, see İyidere, İspir.

İyidere is a town in Rize Province on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey, 14 km from the city of Rize. It is the seat of İyidere District.^[2] Its population is 5,362 (2021).^[1]

İyidere
Municipality
İyidere Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°0′43″N 40°21′43″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Rize
District	İyidere
Government
• Mayor	Saffet Mete (AKP)
Population  (2021)[1]	5,362
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0464
Climate	Cfa
Website	iyidere.bel.tr

Formerly known as Aspet, İyidere is a green rural district. The local economy depends on growing and processing tea, plus some other farming and fishing.

Climate

İyidere has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa).

Climate data for İyidere
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.5 (43.7)	6.8 (44.2)	8.1 (46.6)	11.7 (53.1)	15.7 (60.3)	19.5 (67.1)	22.1 (71.8)	22.4 (72.3)	19.8 (67.6)	15.7 (60.3)	12.1 (53.8)	8.7 (47.7)	14.1 (57.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	172 (6.8)	134 (5.3)	117 (4.6)	79 (3.1)	80 (3.1)	106 (4.2)	88 (3.5)	118 (4.6)	154 (6.1)	201 (7.9)	183 (7.2)	185 (7.3)	1,617 (63.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org[3]

History

See Rize Province for the history of the area, once part of the trading network of the Ancient Greeks based in Miletos, who founded the port of İyidere, then part of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire and the Empire of Trebizond until it was brought into the Ottoman Empire by Mehmet II in 1461.