List of places inhabited by Chechens in Turkey
The list of places inhabited by Chechens in Turkey lists all 24 villages and small towns in the Republic of Turkey where Chechens live in significant numbers. The Chechens came to the Ottoman Empire as refugees after the Caucasus War 1817–1864 and the Russo-Turkish War 1877–1878 . The Chechens were settled in various places in the Ottoman Empire. Some of the Chechens founded localities that are now in the Republic of Turkey. The descendants of these Chechen refugees still live in these places today. This list also offers a selection of the names of the localities commonly used by Chechens. The Chechens in major Turkish cities are not included in this list.
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| Official name | Old name |
object | Population ( as of 2010 ) |
district | province | particularities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ağaçlı | Anavarza | Village | 98 | Ceyhan | Adana | |
| Alaçayır | Village | 42 | Şarkışla | Sivas | ||
| Altınyayla | Village | 895 | Andırın | Kahramanmaraş | ||
| Aşağıborandere | Şeşen Jambotey | Village | 93 | Pınarbaşı | Kayseri | also home to Circassians |
| Aydınalan | İslamsor | Village | 233 | Kars | Kars | |
| Bağiçi | Village | 196 | Varto | Must | also home to Kurds | |
| Bozkurt | Village | 95 | Şarkışla | Sivas | ||
| Canabdal | Village | 41 | Şarkışla | Sivas | ||
| Çardak | Town | 1,985 | Goksun | Kahramanmaraş | ||
| Çınardere | Village | 145 | Biga | Çanakkale | ||
| Çöğürlü | Arınç | Village | 1,768 | Must | Must | also home to Kurds |
| Demirköprü | Village | 28 | Şarkışla | Sivas | ||
| Dikilitaş | Village | 178 | Ceyhan | Adana | also Kurds and Circassians home | |
| Gücüksu | Behlioyl | Village | 249 | Goksun | Kahramanmaraş | |
| Kahvepinar | Village | 16 | Şarkışla | Sivas | also home to Ossetians | |
| Karalık | Village | 932 | Sorgun | Yozgat | also home to Circassians | |
| Kazancık | Village | 61 | Şarkışla | Sivas | ||
| Kesikköprü | Village | 174 | Saraykent | Yozgat | also home to Kurds | |
| Kıyıbaşı | Arıncık | Village | 241 | Must | Must | also home to Kurds |
| Serinova | Town | 2,553 | Must | Must | also home to Kurds | |
| Yenigazi | Village | 612 | Sarıkamış | Kars | ||
| Tepekoy | Village | 457 | Varto | Must | also home to Kurds | |
| Ulusırt | Çerkez Eynan | Village | 111 | Varto | Must | |
| Yukarıhüyük | Village | 109 | Kangal | Sivas |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ WED Allen, Paul Muratoff: Caucasian Battlefields - A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1828-1921 . Battery Press, Nashville 1966; P. 104. ISBN 0-89839-296-9 (English)