Chechens in Turkey

Chechen Turks

Total population
(~100,000 (2009)[1])
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

1. Kristiina Markkanen: Chechen refugee came to Finland via Baku and Istanbul
2. 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