Güneykoöy is a village in the
Yalova Merkez district of
Yalova Province.
The village was founded in 1896 by immigrants from
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
. The first official name of the village was given as Almali or Elmaalani in 1899, as mentioned in the archives of the prime minister. While the name Almali was used, the name was changed to Reşadiye in 1910 after
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad visited the village, was pleased by it, and had a memorial fountain built there. In 1934, it was named Güneyköy because of its location on the southernmost shore of Istanbul's borders. The village is known to have 750 households, three
mosques, two official schools and a
medrese. In 1919, it was invaded by the
Greek Army during the
Turkish War of Independence, and its inhabitants migrated to the
Geyve and
Adapazarı regions for three years. Only a portion of this population was able to return after the war.
Shaykh Sharafuddin Daghestani and Abu Muhammad al-Madani of the
Naqshbandi-Haqqani Golden Chain are buried up in the cemetery of the village.
References
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Yalova
Yalova Province
Marmara Region