Manavs
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Manavlar | |
|---|---|
 Traditional Manav clothes from Kandıra, Kocaeli | |
| Total population | |
| Turkey; East Marmara Region, Marmara Region, Aegean Region | |
| Languages | |
| Turkish Old Anatolian Turkish (historical) | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam (Hanafism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Turkic peoples |
Manavs (Turkish: Manavlar) or Manav Turks (Manav Türkleri) are a Turkic people living in northwest Anatolia, especially in Sakarya, Bilecik, Balıkesir, Bursa, Çanakkale, Kocaeli, Eskişehir, Bolu and Düzce provinces. It is proposed that Manavs descend from Cumans and Kipchaks who settled in the Byzantine Empire.[1][2][3][4]
Origin[edit]
A group of Cuman-Kipchaks who headed to the Balkans as a result of the Mongol incursions into the Desht-i Qipchaq lands; it is known that he entered the service of the Latin and Nicaea Empires. The Nicea Empire used this Cuman group against the Seljuk and Mongol threat and settled it in their lands. This Cuman-Kipchak group, which was settled in the territory of the Nicea Empire with the purpose of buffering against the threats from the East, interbred with the Oghuzs and formed the people called Manav.[1][2][3][5]
Special Holidays[edit]
In some villages, Easter was celebrated by Manavs as the Egg Festival. Eggs were mostly boiled with onions and toasted to get their red color. Banquets were organized and various buns were made at these feasts. These customs do not continue today, and Manavs have forgotten most of their customs and traditions. Hıdırellez holiday, which means Άγιε Γιώργη (Ágie Giórgi) in Greek, is one of the special days of Manavs. Especially in some Manav villages, Nevruz was celebrated with special interest and enthusiasm until relatively recently.[6]
Language[edit]
Manavs speak Turkish with a dialects bear traces of Kipchak and Oghuric to varying degrees, in relation to their origins.[7][8][2][9][10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "YALAKOVA'DAN YALOVA'YA Prof. Dr. Halil İnalcık Anısına Yalova Tarihi Araştırmaları" (PDF). p. 224.
- ^ a b c "Acar, Kenan (2010). Kuzeybatı Anadolu Manav Türkmen Ağızları Üzerine Birkaç Not" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Muharrem ÖÇALAN SAKARYA- İZMİT YÖRESİ YERLEŞİK TÜRKMENLERİ MANAV AĞIZLARINDA ÖTÜMSÜZ PATLAYICI ÜNSÜZ DEĞİŞMELERİ" (PDF).
- ^ Yalvar, Cihan (19 February 2021). "CİHAN YALVAR, ANADOLU'DA SON TÜRK İSKÂNI: İZNİK İMPARATORLUĞU'NDA KUMAN-KIPÇAKLAR VE YALOVA KAZIMİYE (YORTAN) İLE ELMALIK (SARUHANLI) KÖYLERİNDEKİ VARLIKLARI". Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları. 127 (250): 11–36.
- ^ Acar, Kenan (January 2022). "GAGAVUZ TÜRKÇESİ İLE KOCAELİ YERLİ (MANAV) AĞIZLARI ARASINDAKİ PARALELLİKLER, 2022, VI. Uluslararası Türklerin Dünyası Sosyal Bilimler Sempozyumu, PARALLELS BETWEEN GAGAVUZ TURKISH AND KOCAELİ NATİVE TURK (MANAV) DİALECTS, Kenan Acar, 2022, VI. International Turkish World Social Sciences Symposium". Vi. Uluslararası Türklerin Dünyası Sosyal Bilimler Sempozyumu.
- ^ "Türkopoller: Balkanlardan Güney Marmara Bölgesine Yerleştirilen".
- ^ "Tarihî Kıpçak Türkçesinden Çağdaş Karay Türkçesine: İsim Hâl Ekleri Bakımından Bir İnceleme" (PDF).
- ^ "TÜRKİYE TÜRKÇESİ AĞIZLARINDA ñ >y DEĞİŞMESİ Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, Dr. Himmet Biray (Özel Sayısı), Ankara 1999, pp. 99–105".
- ^ "BATI ANADOLU'DAKİ TÜRK YAYILIŞINA KARŞI BİZANS İMPARATORLUĞU'NUN KUMAN-ALAN TOPLULUKLARINI BALKANLARDAN ANADOLU'YA NAKLETMESİ" (PDF).
- ^ IV-XVIII. Yüzyıllarda Karadeniz Kuzeyindeki Türk Kavimleri ve Devletleri [IV-XVIII. Turkic Tribes and States in the North of the Black Sea in the IV-XVIII. Centuries], Akdes Nimet Kurat, Ankara, 1972, pp 83–84. (in Turkish).
- ^ "TÜRKİYE TÜRKÇESİ AĞIZLARINDA OĞUZCA DIŞI DİL UNSURLARI" (PDF).