Chechens in Turkey
Chechens in Turkey (Chechen: Туркойчура нохчий, Turkish: Türkiye Çeçenleri) are Turkish citizens of Chechen descent and Chechen refugees living in Turkey.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~100,000 (2009)[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Turkish, Chechen, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam |
Kids of the Chechen refugee camp in Fenerbahçe, İstanbul. (2011)
Villages
Chechen villages in Turkey:[2]
| Name | Locally 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
References
- Kristiina Markkanen: Chechen refugee came to Finland via Baku and Istanbul
- 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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