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Chechens in Turkey

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Turkish Chechens
Total population
100,000[1][2]
Languages
Turkish, Chechen, Russian
Religion
Sunni Islam
Kids of the Chechen refugee camp in Fenerbahçe, İstanbul. (2011)

Chechens in Turkey (Chechen: Туркойчура нохчий, romanized: Turkoyçura noxçiy; 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.

Villages

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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

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References

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Media related to Chechen people in Turkey at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ Chechens in the Middle East: Between Original and Host Cultures Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Event Report, Caspian Studies Program
  2. ^ Kristiina Markkanen: Chechen refugee came to Finland via Baku and Istanbul Archived 2011-11-21 at the Wayback Machine (Englisch)
  3. ^ 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