Poyra, Bozüyük
Poyra
Хьатикъуайхьаблэ | |
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School in the village | |
Poyra Location in Turkey Poyra Poyra (Marmara) | |
| Coordinates: 39°52′N 30°12′E / 39.867°N 30.200°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Bilecik |
| District | Bozüyük |
| Established | 1881 |
| Government | |
| • Muhtar | Muharrem Poyraz (2022) |
| Population (2021) | 140 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 11302 |
| Name meaning | Wheel hub |
Poyra or Hatuqayhable (Adyghe: Хьатикъуайхьаблэ[1][2]) is a village in the Bozüyük District, Bilecik Province, Turkey.[1][3][4] Its population is 140 (2021).[5] The village mainly consists of Circassian people of the Hatuqay tribe, as well as a smaller community of Muhacirs who were exiled from Bulgaria.
History
The founders of the village were originally among the Circassians in Bulgaria. After the Circassian genocide following the Russo-Circassian War, large number of Circassians were exiled to the Ottoman Empire, including in Bulgaria,[6] where there was an estimated number of 150,000 Circassians.[7] During the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War, the Circassians were used by the Turkish army as irregular cavalry units. In the summer of 1877, mainly Circassian irregular cavalry from the villages of Hasanoglu and Otmanlii participated on the Turkish side in the battle for Nova Zagora. The Circassians in Bulgaria fiercely opposed the Bulgarian Revolt in 1876. Kosovo Circassians also joined the Bulgarian Circassians.[8][9] European countries in turn demanded that the Circassians leave the region.[10]
The founders of Poyra thus migrated to Anatolia, first to İnegöl, and later to the current location in 1881.[2] The village was originally founded as Hatuqayhable, named after the Hatuqay tribe, where the inhabitants traced their descent from. Following the establishment of the Turkish Republic, the official name of the village was changed to a Turkish word, Poyra.[4][1]
Culture
The village mainly observes Circassian customs. There are also Balkan Turks in the village, who in addition to Rumelian Turkish also speak Adyghe.
Notable people
- Şamil Çinaz - footballer
References
- ^ a b c d Yılmaz, Kurulay (2018). Bozüyük Çerkes Köyleri (in Turkish). Istanbul: Tunç Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-605-2291-27-6.
- ^ a b c "Balkanlarda Çerkes İzleri". Nart (in Turkish). No. 38. Ankara: Kafkas Dernekleri Federasyonu. July–August 2004. p. 49. ISSN 1302-2539.
- ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ a b Şıble, Ferhatıko (2022). Batı Çerkesya'nın Türkiye'deki evlatları (in Turkish). APRA. ISBN 978-605-71993-1-7.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ Richmond, Walter (2013). The Circassian Genocide. Rutgers University Press. back cover. ISBN 978-0-8135-6069-4.
- ^ Irechek, Konstantin; Константин Иречек посочва, че черкезите в България преди 1878 г. са 150 000 души, като обръща внимание на факта, че мъжкото население в Северна България сред кавказците, освен санджаците Ниш, Търново и София е 30 573 души.
- ^ Urhan, Vahit Cemil. "Kosova'ya Yapılan Çerkes Göçü ve İskânı (1864-1865)". Trakya Üniversitesi, Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü.
- ^ Noel Malcolm, Kosova: Balkanları Anlamak İçin, çev. Özden Arıkan, Sabah Kitapları, İstanbul 1999
- ^ İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı,“Tersane Konferansının Mukarreratı Hakkında Şûra Mazbatası”, İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Dergisi, VI/9 (1954), s. 125., Dipnot: 2.