Breštani
Breštani
Брештани Breştanik | |
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Village | |
Airview of the village | |
Breštani Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°27′15″N 20°35′09″E / 41.45417°N 20.58583°E | |
| Country | North Macedonia |
| Region | Southwestern |
| Municipality | Centar Župa |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 104 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | DB |
| Website | . |
Breštani (Macedonian: Брештани, Turkish: Breştanik) is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia.
Demographics
Breštani (Birzdan) appears in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 11 households and the anthroponyms recorded attest to a mixed Albanian-Slavic character, with instances of Slavicisation (e.g., Martin Shpani, Dimitri Filsha, Haranec son of Sima etc.). According to Ottoman tahrir defters from the 1520s, 16 villages (all present-day Centar Župa villages) associated with Kala-i Kodžadžik had no Muslim population. However, the Muslim population increased in subsequent years. This was likely part of the Islamization of Macedonia under Turkish rule.[1] Breštani is again recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1583 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had grown to 107 households with 80 Muslim families. Alongside Muslim anthroponyms, which due to Islamisation sometimes appear in combination with Albanian names (i.e Pervane Gjoni; Bali Hasani; etc.), mixed Slavic-Albanian names also appear, with the Albanian anthroponyms often exhibiting instances of Slavicisation (e.g., Kolë Bozhiq-i; Gjon Baro; Gjon Jovan-i; Pal Pejo; Ivan Duka; Bojko Gjini; Petko Pali etc.).[2]
According to Jovan Hadži Vasiljević's work "Muslims of Our Blood in Southern Serbia" (Muslimani naše krvi u Južnoj Srbiji. Beograd 1924), the village of Breštani had a population of approximately 900. More than 600 of these were Muslims (Torbeši). Some of the names of parts of the village are: Osoj, Cupuljčica, Asanov Pot (put), Grbov Kamen, Starci.[3]
Breštani is inhabited by a Turkish speaking population consisting of Turks (Torbeši).[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Breštani was inhabited by 258 Muslim Albanians.[11]
As of the 2021 census, Breštani had 104 residents with the following ethnic composition:[12]
- Turks (Torbeši) 101
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 3
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 120 inhabitants.[13] Ethnic groups in the village include:[13]
References
- ^ 367 NUMARALI MUHÂSEBE-İ VİLÂYET-İ RÛM-İLİ DEFTERİ İLE 94 ve 1078 NUMARALI AVLONYA LİVÂSI TAHRÎR DEFTERLERİ (926-1520/937-1530) "In the 1520 and 1530 year tahrir: Dizdār, nefer 1 Kethudā, nefer 1 İmām, nefer 1 Merdān-ı kal‘a, neferan 28 Kurā 16 Mezra‘a 1 Hāne-i müslim 1 Mücerred-i müslim 1 Hāne-i gebrān (Christian) 635 Mücerred-i gebrān 67 Bīve 26 Hāsıl 47.035 According to the Tahrir defter, Kocacık and its villages were in 1530 1-Kocacık kl. 2- Gorenci 3-Pariş 4-Boroşiniçe 5-Çirnibok 6-Yukarı Papranik 7-Aşağı Papranik 8-Koçişte 9-Breştani 10-Novak 11-Aşağı Elişiçe 12-Gorna Elişiçe 13-Osolniçe 14-Porovalenik 15-Vilasik 16-Tırnovnik"
- ^ Gjoni, Z. & Përnezha, H. (2011). Dibra në Defterët Osmanë (1467, 1583), f.108. Tiranë: Botime M&B page 293
- ^ Jovan Hadži Vasiljević. Muslimani naše krvi u Južnoj Srbiji. Beograd 1924. g.
- ^ Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p.214. "Турски етнички елемент живее во Жупа - во селата: Коџаџик, Новаци, Брештани, Елевци, Евла, Долгаш, Ослоница и Праленик, и нешто во градот Дебар." p. 326.
- ^ Bunguri, Adem (2009). "Kalaja e Koxhaxhikut (Dibër) [Koxhaxhik's Castle (Dibër)]". Studime Historike (1–02): 44. "Është kjo arsyeja që pranë kalasë së Koxhaxhikut sot gjenden 6 fshatra turqishtfolës, që janë: Pralanik, Breshtan, Novak, Elefc, Koxhaxhik dhe Dollgash."
- ^ Видоески, Божо (1998). Дијалектите на македонскиот јазик (in Macedonian). Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 978-9989-649-50-9.
Население со мајчин јазик македонски живее во гр. Дебар (од двете конфесии), во селата: Присовјани, Локов, Збажди, Р'жаново, Буринец, Селци (православни) - во Малесија, Горно Косоврасти, Р'ковци, Кочишта, Мал и Голем Папрадник (муслимани), Долно Косоврасти, Мелничани, Броштица, Житинени, Горенци (од двете конфесии), Елевци, Рајчица, Пареши, Баниште (православни).
- ^ Türkiye'deki Balkan Muhacirleri Arasında Kaybolan Bir Topluluk: Torbeşler A Disappearing Community Among the Balkan Immigrants in Türkiye: Torbeši - Ali Dikici. T.C. Türk İşbirliği ve Koordinasyon Ajansı Başkanlığı Turkish International Cooperation and Coordination Agency. 2014.
- ^ Zadrożna, Anna (July 2017). "Reconstructing the past in a post-Ottoman village: Turkishness in a transnational context". Nationalities Papers. 45 (4): 524–539. doi:10.1080/00905992.2017.1287690.
- ^ Mangalakova, Tanya. "Among the Torbeshi in the Republic of Macedonia".
- ^ Manisa'da Yaşayan Torbeşler'in Düğün Adet ve Gelenekleri, (Basılmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü Türk Halkbilimi Anabilim Dalı, 1990)
- ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 188.