Kurds of Central Anatolia
Kurds of Central Anatolia[3] (Kurdish: Kurdên Anatoliya Navîn, Turkish: Orta Anadolu Kürtleri[4] or İç Anadolu Kürtleri[5]), Kurdish people who have immigrated and been in Central Anatolia (present day Aksaray, Ankara, Çankırı, Eskişehir, Karaman, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Konya, Nevşehir, Niğde, Sivas, Yozgat provinces) since about 16th century.[6][7]
The core of the Kurds of Central Anatolia is formed by Tuz Gölü Kürtleri (Kurds of Lake Tuz) who live in Ankara, Konya and Aksaray provinces.[8] Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) mentioned them as "Konya çöllerindeki Kürtler" (Kurds in the Konya deserts) in the interview with Ahmet Emin (Yalman) dated January 16/17, 1923.[9]
History
The first Kurdish tribe that arrived at Central Anatolia is Modanlı tribe. They settled in Haymana in 1184[10] and spread to not only different places of Central Anatolia but also to Hasha-i İstanbul and Rumeli: Aksaray, Kütahya, Rumeli, Çatalca, Koçhisar, Haymana, Ipsala and Evreşe. And Modanlı tribe belonged to Merdisi tribe.[11] The first Central Anatolian Kurdish village named Kürtler (Kurds) was founded in Yabanâbâd (present day Kızılcahamam-Çamlıdere, Ankara) in 1463.[12]
According to Mark Sykes, first Kurdish exile to the Central Anatolia was carried out during the reign of Selim I (1512–1520).[13]
According to Hermann Wenzel, original growers of Angora goat are these Kurdish people of the Inner Anatolia.[14][15]
Tribes
Largest tribes of the Kurds of Central Anatolia are Şeyhbızın, Reşvan and Canbeg.[16]
Languages
Generally, their mother languages are Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Kurmanji-speaking people have difficulty to understand the language spoken in Haymana where Şeyhbızın (Şêxbizinî) tribe members live in[17]. It is said that the new generation of Kurdish people in some settlements no longer speak Kurdish language[18].
Notable figures
- Ömer Kart (one of the founders of National Party, deputy of the Republican National Party)
- Musa Kart (Ömer Kart's son, caricaturist)
- Vedat Yıldırım (one of the soloist singers of Kardeş Türküler)
Resources
- ^ Rohat Alakom, Orta Anadolu Kürtleri, Evrensel Basım Yayım, 2004, ISBN 9756525770, p. 50. (Turkish)
- ^ Nuh Ateş, Nuh Ateş, İç Anadolu Kürtleri-Konya, Ankara, Kırlşehir, Komkar Yayınları, Köln, 1992, ISBN 3927213071, p. 47. (Turkish)
- ^ Ingvar Svanberg, Kazak refugees in Turkey: a study of cultural persistence and social change, Academiae Ubsaliensis, 1989, ISBN 9789155424381, p. 28. (English)
- ^ Rohat Alakom, Orta Anadolu Kürtleri, Evrensel Basım Yayım, 2004, ISBN 9756525770. (Turkish)
- ^ Nuh Ateş, İç Anadolu Kürtleri-Konya, Ankara, Kırlşehir, Komkar Yayınları, Köln, 1992, ISBN 3927213071. (Turkish)
- ^ Rohat Alakom, ibid, p. 14. (Turkish)
- ^ Ayşe Yıldırım, Ç. Ceyhan Suvari, İlker M. İşoğlu, Tülin Bozkurt, Artakalanlar: Anadolu'dan etnik manzaralar, E Yayınları, ISBN 9753902050, p. 166. (Turkish)
- ^ Müslüm Yücel, "Tuz Gölü Kürtleri", I-VIII, Yeni Gündem gazetesi, 2000, İstanbul. (Turkish)
- ^ Atatürk'ün bütün Eserleri, Kaynak Yayınları, Cilt: 14, ISBN 9753434006, pp. 273-274. (Turkish)
- ^ Rohat Alakom, ibid, p. 33. (Turkish)
- ^ Cevdet Türkay, Başbakanlık Arşiv Belgelerine Göre Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Oymak, Aşiret ve Cemaatler, Tercüman Yayınları, 1979, p. 502. (Turkish)
- ^ Ahmet Nezili Turan, Yaninâbâd Tarihini Ararken, Kızılcahamam Belediye Yayınları, 1999. (Turkish)
- ^ Mark Sykes, "The Kurdish Tribes of the Ottoman Empire", The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. XXXVIII, 1908.
- ^ Hermann Wenzel, Sultan-Dagh und Akschehir-Ova, Kiel, 1932. (German)
- ^ Hermann Wenzel, Forschungen in Inneranatolien II: Die Steppe als Lebensraum, Schriften des Geographische institut Kiel, VII, 3, Kiel, 1937. (German)
- ^ Rohat Alkom, ibid, p. 63. (Turkish)
- ^ Peter Alford Andrews, Türkiye'de Etnik Gruplar, ANT Yayınları, Aralık 1992, ISBN 975 7350 03-6, s. 155.
- ^ Dr. Mikaili, "Devlet Kürtçe'ye Kapıları Açtı, Ya Biz Orta Anadolu Kürtleri ? ", Bîrnebûn, Sayı: 45, Bahar 2010, ISSN 1402-7488
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