Elevci
Elevci
Елевци Elessa | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Airview of the village | |
Elevci Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°25′14″N 20°37′23″E / 41.42056°N 20.62306°E | |
| Country | North Macedonia |
| Region | Southwestern |
| Municipality | Centar Župa |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 260 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | DB |
| Website | . |
Elevci (Macedonian: Елевци, Turkish: Elessa) is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia.
Demographics
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]
The village is inhabited by a Turkish speaking population consisting of Torbeši.[2][3][4] According to the statistics of Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević "Muslims of Our Blood in Southern Serbia" (Muslimani naše krvi u Južnoj Srbiji. Beograd 1924) from 1924, the Muslim inhabitants of the village of Elevci were Torbeši linguistically and culturally Turkified. In a survey conducted on immigrants from Elevci and Kodžadžik villages of Saruhanlı district of Manisa Province of Turkey, it confirmed that Elevci and Kodžadžik villages are Torbeši villages.[5][4]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gorno Elevci was inhabited by 596 Muslim Albanians and 45 Bulgarians.[6]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 260 inhabitants.[7] Ethnic groups in the village include:[7][4]
- Torbeši 260
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"
- ^ 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."
- ^ a b c Dikici, Ali (2014). "Türkiye'deki Balkan Muhacirleri Arasında Kaybolan Bir Topluluk: Torbeşler A Disappearing Community Among the Balkan Immigrants in Turkey: Torbeši". Avrasya Etüdleri̇: 142.
- ^ Jovan Hadži Vasiljević. Muslimani naše krvi u Južnoj Srbiji. Beograd 1924. g.
- ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
- ^ 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. 189.