Golemantsi

Golemantsi (Turkish: Beyköy) is a village in the municipality of Haskovo, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria.[1]

Golemantsi

Beyköy
Village
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceHaskovo Province
MunicipalityHaskovo
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

The name of the village was Beyköy, founded around 1504 - 1505, named after his founder, a Koçi Bey, once ruled by a local Ottoman Agha family. The majority of the inhabitants are Bulgarian Turks, the minority of Thracian Bulgarians settlers came around 1924–25. The last Turkish feudal lord was Karakoç Nasuh Ağa, whose wife was a daughter of Haskovo's çorbacı Boyacıoğlu Ağa. He had two son's Mehmet Ali Bey and Ahmet Bey as well as a daughter. The last members of the family, Nasuh Ağa itself, the two sons of Nasuh Ağa, his daughter-in-law Fehime Hanım, his grandchildren Hüseyin Bey, Mustafa Bey and Nemzâde Hanım, emigrated to Babaeski in Turkey in 1929–30. Nemzâde married Şaban Sarmaşık, who belonged to the Romani people in Turkey. The majority of the Turkish inhabitants are of Bektashi Order the other's belong to Sunni Islam. There are a Mosque, Hamam and three Tekke of Bektashi Babalar: Hasan Dede, Muharrem Rıza Yusuf and Sadullah Sadık. Also Kadriye Latifova a Turkish singer was born in this Village.

References

  1. Guide Bulgaria, Accessed May 24, 2010


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