Chechens in Turkey
| Languages | |
|---|---|
| Turkish, Chechen, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam |
Chechens in Turkey are Turkish citizens of Chechen descent and Chechen refugees living in Turkey.
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 | |
| 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
- Mümtaz Çeçen
- Bektaş Demirel
- Mahmud Shevket Pasha
- Hüseyin Özkan
- Ramazan Şahin
- Selim Tataroğlu
- Şahin Bey
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
