Chechens in Turkey

Turkish Chechens
Total population
	100,000
Languages
	Turkish, Chechen, Russian
Religion
	Sunni Islam

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

Chechen villages in Turkey:^[3]

Name	Local name	Province
Ağaçlı	Ağaçlı	Adana
Dikilitaş	Dikilitaş	Adana
Karalık	Karalık	Yozgat
Kesikköprü	Kesikköprü	Yozgat
Aşağıborandere	Aşağıborandere / Şeşen Jambotey	Kayseri
Aydınalan	Aydınalan	Kars
Yenigazi	Yenigazi	Kars
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

Hüseyin Özkan, Turkish judoka
Ramazan Şahin, Russian-Turkish freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent

References

Media related to Chechen people in Turkey at Wikimedia Commons

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

[host-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

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