Chechens in Turkey explained

Group:Turkish Chechens
Population:100,000[1] [2]
Langs:Turkish, Chechen, Russian
Rels:Sunni Islam

Chechens in Turkey (Chechen: Туркойчура нохчий|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

Chechen villages in Turkey:[3]

Name Local name Province
Ağaçlı
Dikilitaş
Karalık Yozgat
Kesikköprü
Aşağıborandere / Şeşen Jambotey Kayseri
Aydınalan Kars
Yenigazi
Altınyayla Kahramanmaraş
Çardak
Sisne
Gücüksu / Behliöyl
Bağiçi Muş
Bozkurt Bozkurt
Çöğürlü
Kıyıbaşı / Arıncık
Serinova
Tepeköy
Ulusırt
Alaçayır Sivas
Canabdal
Demirköprü
Kahvepınar
Kazancık
Yukarıhüyük
Çınardere

Notable Chechen Turks

Notes and References

  1. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/12785/chechens_in_the_middle_east.html Chechens in the Middle East: Between Original and Host Cultures
  2. Kristiina Markkanen: Chechen refugee came to Finland via Baku and Istanbul (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.