Koçullu is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the
Akçakoca District
Akçakoca District is a district of the Düzce Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Akçakoca.[Düzce Province
Düzce Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province in northwestern Turkey. The province is on the coastline of the Black Sea and is traversed by the main highway between Istanbul and Ankara. The primary town is Düzce, located in the center of t ...]
in Turkey. Its population is 149 (2022).
History
It is known that the community living in the village and called
Manav are the descendants of the
Cuman
The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Rus' chronicles, as " ...
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Kipchaks
The Kipchaks, also spelled Qipchaqs, known as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Russian annals, were Turkic nomads and then a confederation that existed in the Middle Ages inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe.
First mentioned in the eighth cent ...
, who were settled in a planned manner by the Nicea Emperor
İoannes (John) Vatatzes, as mentioned.
References
Villages in Akçakoca District
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