The terms Peoples of the Caucasus and Caucasian Peoples indicate two main groups of people in Turkey:

• Immigrants from North Caucasus:
  • Circassians (including the Abkhaz and Abazins): Following the end of Circassian insurgency in 1864 and as an exodus from North Caucasia, Circassian peoples had settled in the territory of Turkey. Circassian population in Turkey is concentrated on two belts of habitation; first one from the province of Samsun to Hatay, the second from Düzce to Çanakkale.
  • Dagestani peoples: They live in villages in the provinces like Balıkesir, Tokat and also scattered in other parts of the country. Majority among them are Lezgins, Avars are the second significant ethnic group. Kumyks are also present.
  • Nakh peoples: Chechens and Ingush live in the provinces Mardin, Sivas and Muş.
  • Ossetians: This ethnic group is found in provinces Kars and Yozgat.
  • Karachay: They live in villages concentrated in Konya and Eskişehir.

• Autochtonous peoples that speak South Caucasian languages:
  • Laz: This ethnic group who is primarily designated as Black Sea fisherfolk by the Turkish public (in fact, they are mostly farmers of tea and maize), live in Lazistan.
  • Georgians: Muslim Georgians form the majority in parts of Artvin Province. There are also groups of immigrants from Artvin, Ajara, and Guria scattered in Turkey.

The North Caucasus, also called Ciscaucasus, Forecaucasus, or Front Caucasus (Russian: ), is the northern part of the Caucasus region. ... The term Circassians is term derived from the Turkic Cherkess, and is not the self-designation of any people. ... Abkhaz is an agglutinative Georgia (in the autonomous republic of Abkhazia) and Turkey. ... The Abazins (self-designation: Abaza) are a people who live mostly in Karachay-Cherkessia and Adygeya of Russia. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Shows the Location of the Province Samsun Samsun is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of 1,209,137 (2000). ... shows the Location of the Province Hatay Flag of the Republic of Hatay (1938-1939) Hatay is a province of southern Turkey, situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and Syria to the south and east. ... shows the Location of the Province Düzce Düzce is a province in northwestern Turkey. ... shows the Location of the Province Canakkale Çanakkale is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. ... The Republic of Dagestan (Russian: ), older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... shows the Location of the Province Balıkesir Balıkesir is a province in midwestern Turkey, having shorelines on both Marmara and the Aegean seas. ... Shows the Location of the Province Tokat Tokat is a province in northern Turkey. ... Flag of the Lezgian people The Lezgins, also called the Lezgin, Lezgi, Lezgis, Lezgs, and Lezgians are an ethnic group who live mainly in southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan who speak the Lezgi language. ... Avars or Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan, in which they are the predominant group. ... Flag of the Kumyks Kumyks are a Turkic people occupying the Kumyk plateau in north Dagestan and south Terek, and the lands bordering the Caspian Sea. ... The North Central Caucasian languages (also Nakh languages or Vaynakh languages) are a family of languages spoken mostly in Russia (Chechnya and Ingushetia) and Georgia. ... This article covers the Chechen people as an ethnic group, not Chechen meaning citizens of Chechnya. ... The Ingush are a people of the northern Caucasus, mostly inhabiting the Russian republic of Ingushetia. ... Map showing the location of Mardin Province of Turkey View from Mardin to the Mesopotamian plains The old town of Midyat, second city of the province Mardin Province is a province of Turkey with a population of 835,173 (2000)¹. The capital of the Mardin Province is Mardin. ... Shows the Location of the Province Sivas The province of Sivas is located at the eastern part of the Central Anatolian region of Turkey. ... Shows the Location of the Province MuÅŸ MuÅŸ (alternative transliteration: Mush) is a province in eastern Turkey. ... The Ossetians live in the region of Ossetia, a region in the northern Caucasus Mountains in Europe. ... Kars is a province of Turkey, and is located in the northeastern part of the country, next to the border with Armenia. ... Shows the Location of the Province Yozgat Yozgat is a province in central Turkey. ... Karachays are Turkic people of Karachay-Cherkessia. ... Shows the Location of the Province Konya Konya is a province of Turkey located in central Anatolia. ... shows the Location of the Province EskiÅŸehir EskiÅŸehir (literal meaning: old town) is a province in northwestern Turkey. ... The South Caucasian or Kartvelian languages are spoken primarily in Georgia, with smaller groups of speakers in Turkey, Iran, and Russia. ... Laz may refer to one of the following: Lazs (a Caucasian (Kartvelian) people) Laz language The wife of the Babylonian God Nergal Laz, Finistère (a commune in the Finistère département, France) Lvivskyi Avtobusnyi Zavod (a bus factory in Ukraine) This page concerning a three-letter acronym or... Map of the Black Sea. ... Tea leaves in a gaiwan. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Flag of Lazistan Lazistan (Lazona in Laz, Lazeti or Chaneti in Georgian) was the Ottoman administrative name for the sanjak comprising the Laz or Lazuri speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea. ... Artvin Province is a province in north-eastern Turkey next to the Black Sea and Georgia (country). ... Official language Georgian Capital Batumi Chairman of Interim Council Levan Varshalomidze Area  - Total  - % water 2,900 km² n/a Population  - Total (1989)  - Density 392,432 135. ... Guria is a region in Georgia (Caucasus), in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. ...

See also

• Chveneburi

Cheveneburi means ours in Georgian, an ethnic identity for Georgian people who live in the territory of the Republic of Turkey. ...

References

• Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey, Peter Alford Andrews, Wiesbaden, 1989; ISBN 3895002976