Haticepınar is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of

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Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its population is 98 (2022). Haticepınar is inhabited by Kurdish people. Haticepinar is also known as Kani Xatce, or Gunde Jori, in Kurdish, amongst its inhabitants and closely relatef neighbouring villages. Haticepinar acquired the status of a village, in 1950, and according to the knowledge of the elderly who still reside in Haticepinar claim that people first settled in the area as long ago as 150 years ago. Inhabitants of Haticepinari are related to the nearby village of Kaşanlı. The name Kaşanlı is derived from the Kasan city in Iran and, according to the elderly of the region, Kurdish people that were oppressed by the Persian King, left the city of Kasan, moving north-west and eventually settling in the current area. Furthermore, some of the elderly people in the village claim that the village was originally inhabited by Armenians, who afterwards fled the region due to the Armenian Genocide. The first two Kurdish families who initially settled in the village were wealthy families, who had travelled from Malatya. The exact dates are not clear. However, the village was under threat from bandits in the late 1800s. The bandits committed crimes such as: kidnapping for ransom, robbery and murder in the region. The villagers with the help from other nearby Kurdish clans, managed to fight off the bandits together around the early 1900s. Over the years, the population of the village grew and many families established trade and businesses at the city centre of Kahramanmaras. In 1978, the Maras Massacre took place in the city centre, resulting in the persecution and murder of many Kurdish Alevi people. As a result of this, many people fled the city leaving their businesses behind and moved back to the village. Due to growing economic strains and difficulties, many people left the village to move to other cities and eventually abroad, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, USA and European countries.

Geography

Haticepınar is 55 km away from Afşin and 205 km from

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city centre. Haticepınar is located on the mountainous region of the Binboğa Mountains and for this arable lands are limited. On the west of the village is the village of Oğlakkaya, on the south is the Örenli village, on the north is the Güldede village of Gürün District and on the east is the district of Elbistan.

Population

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