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Yavı, Çat
Yavı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Çat, Erzurum Province in Turkey. Its population is 868 and is inhabited by Turks (2022). History In 1835, Yavi was part of the Tercan District Tercan District is a district of Erzincan Province in Turkey. The municipality of Tercan is the seat and the district had a population of 16,110 in 2021. Its area is 1,614 km2. It is home to the Armenian Aprank Monastery, a significant lan .... Its male population at the time was 214 Muslims and 3 non-Muslims, for a total population of 217 males. References Neighbourhoods in Çat District {{Erzurum-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahalle
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or neighborhood in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social institutions built around familial ties and Islamic rituals. Today it is popularly recognised also by non-Muslims as a neighbourhood in large cities and towns. Mahallas lie at the intersection of private family life and the public sphere. Important community-level management functions are performed through mahalle solidarity, such as religious ceremonies, life-cycle rituals, resource management and conflict resolution. It is an official administrative unit in many Middle Eastern countries. The word was brought to the Balkans through Ottoman Turkish ''mahalle'', but it originates in Arabic Ù…Øلة (''mähallä''), from the root meaning "to settle", "to occupy". In September 2017, a Turkish-based association referred to the historical mahalle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çat
Çat () is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,448 km2, and its population is 15,556 (2022). The mayor is Arif Hikmet Kiliç ( CHP). Composition There are 45 neighbourhoods in Çat District: Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Ağaköy * Aşağıçatköy * Babaderesi * Bağlıca * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erzurum Province
Erzurum Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Its area is 25,006 km2, and its population is 749,754 (2022). The capital of the province is the city of Erzurum. It is the fourth largest province in all of Turkey. It is bordered by the provinces of Kars and Ağrı to the east, Muş and Bingöl to the south, Erzincan and Bayburt to the west, Rize and Artvin to the north and Ardahan to the northeast. The governor of the province is Mustafa Çiftçi, appointed in August 2023. The province has a Turkish majority. Geography The surface area of the province of Erzurum is the fourth biggest in Turkey. The majority of the province is elevated. Most plateaus are about above sea level, and the mountainous regions beyond the plateaus are and higher. Depression plains are located between the mountains and plateaus. The southern mountain ranges include the Palandöken Mountains (highest peak Büyük Ejder high) and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish People
Turks (), or Turkish people, are the largest Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group, comprising the majority of the population of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. They generally speak the various Turkish dialects. In addition, centuries-old Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire, ethnic Turkish communities still exist across other former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Article 66 of the Constitution of Turkey defines a ''Turk'' as anyone who is a citizen of the Turkish state. While the legal use of the term ''Turkish'' as it pertains to a citizen of Turkey is different from the term's ethnic definition, the majority of the Turkish population (an estimated 70 to 75 percent) are of Turkish ethnicity. The vast majority of Turks are Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, with a notable minority practicing Alevism. The ethnic Turks can therefore be distinguished by a number of cultural and regional variants, but do not function as separate ethnic groups. In particular, the culture of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TÜİK
Turkish Statistical Institute (commonly known as TurkStat; or TÜİK) is the Turkish government agency commissioned with producing official statistics on Turkey, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It was founded in 1926 and headquartered in Ankara. Formerly named as the State Institute of Statistics (Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü (DİE)), the institute was renamed as the Turkish Statistical Institute on November 18, 2005. See also * List of Turkish provinces by life expectancy References External linksOfficial website of the institute National statistical services Statistical Organizations established in 1926 Organizations based in Ankara {{Sci-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tercan District
Tercan District is a district of Erzincan Province in Turkey. The municipality of Tercan is the seat and the district had a population of 16,110 in 2021. Its area is 1,614 km2. It is home to the Armenian Aprank Monastery, a significant landmark best known for the pair of two monumental ''khachkars''. History The Tercan area was inhabited in the Iron Age by Urarteans, Urartians, who built Åžirin Kale (also known as Åžirinlikale). Cimmerians from the Caucasus invaded Tercan and other Urartian areas in 714 BCE. Medes from Iran came in the 590s BCE, then much later, Roman Empire, Romans. Tercan was an important town in the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Theodosiopolis Theme (Byzantine district), Theme (Theodosiopolis being modern Erzurum). Arabs under Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri, Habib ibn Maslama invaded in 645 CE. Turks under Seljuk Empire, Seljuk Tughril I invaded in 1054. The Saltukids, Saltukid Anatolian beyliks, Beylik came after the Seljuks. Mama Hatun, daughter of Saltuk I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
