Chechens in Turkey
Chechens in Turkey (Chechen: Туркойчура нохчий; Turkish: Türkiye Çeçenleri) are Turkish citizens of Chechen descent and Chechen refugees living in Turkey. The Chechen diaspora in Turkey dates back to the 19th century when the Russian Empire started ethnically cleansing Caucasians from their homeland, these expulsions would later become known as the Circassian Genocide.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 100,000[1][2] | |
| Languages | |
| Turkish, Chechen, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam |
Kids of the Chechen refugee camp in Fenerbahçe, İstanbul. (2011)
Villages
Chechen villages in Turkey:[3]
| Name | Local name | Province |
| Ağaçlı | Ağaçlı | Adana |
| Dikilitaş | Dikilitaş | |
| Karalık | Karalık | Yozgat |
| Kesikköprü | Kesikköprü | |
| Aşağıborandere | Aşağıborandere / Şeşen Jambotey | Kayseri |
| Aydınalan | Aydınalan | Kars |
| Yenigazi | Yenigazi | |
| Altınyayla | Altınyayla | Kahramanmaraş |
| Çardak | Çardak | |
| Sisne | Sisne | |
| Gücüksu | Gücüksu / Behliöyl | |
| Bağiçi | Bağiçi | Muş |
| Bozkurt | Bozkurt | |
| Çöğürlü | Çöğürlü | |
| Kıyıbaşı | Kıyıbaşı / Arıncık | |
| Serinova | Serinova | |
| Tepeköy | Tepeköy | |
| Ulusırt | Ulusırt | |
| Alaçayır | Alaçayır | Sivas |
| Canabtal | Canabdal | |
| Demirköprü | Demirköprü | |
| Kahvepınar | Kahvepınar | |
| Kazancık | Kazancık | |
| Yukarıhüyük | Yukarıhüyük | |
| Çınardere | Çınardere | Çanakkale |
Notable Chechen Turks
- Hüseyin Özkan, Turkish judoka
- Ramazan Şahin, Russian-Turkish freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent
References
Media related to Chechen people in Turkey at Wikimedia Commons
- Chechens in the Middle East: Between Original and Host Cultures Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Event Report, Caspian Studies Program
- Kristiina Markkanen: Chechen refugee came to Finland via Baku and Istanbul Archived 2011-11-21 at the Wayback Machine (Englisch)
- W.E.D. Allen, Paul Muratoff: Caucasian Battlefields — A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1828—1921. Battery Press, Nashville 1966; S. 104. ISBN 0-89839-296-9
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