Hatkoy

Historical settlement areas of the Circassian tribes 1750 and allied language groups (more thickly delimited). Settlement area of the Hatkuajer: very small vertical lettering in the north.

The Hatkoy ( Russian Гатукаи , Gatukai ) or Hatkuajer are a Circassian tribe . The Hatkoy settled on the Kuban in the North Caucasus . After the end of the Russo-Caucasian wars, they were expelled into the Ottoman Empire with other Circassian tribes in the 19th century . Today around 5,000 Hatkoy live in Turkey , around 200 in Syria and around 200 in Germany . The Hatkoy were known for their art of war and mainly served in the army in the Ottoman Empire.

Known Hatkoy

Ömer Seyfettin , Turkish writer (1884-1920)

Individual evidence

^ The Russians in the Caucasus (The Abroad, Volume 10, No. 324, Page 1294, November 20, 1837)
↑ Michail Pawlow: Die Adygen ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Broadcast of the Voice of Russia , November 18, 2010, viewed February 23, 2011) @1@ 2

literature

Николай Яковлевич Данилевский: Кавказ и его горскіе жители , Moscow 1846, p. 185

Web links

Tscherkessischer Kulturverein Köln (settlement area with map from 1830, viewed February 23, 2011)

[1] The Russians in the Caucasus (The Abroad, Volume 10, No. 324, Page 1294, November 20, 1837)

[2] Michail Pawlow: Die Adygen ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Broadcast of the Voice of Russia , November 18, 2010, viewed February 23, 2011) @1@ 2