Chechens in Turkey
# Chechens in Turkey

Chechens in Turkey (Chechen: Туркойчура нохчий; Turkish: Türkiye Çeçenleri) are Turkish citizens of Chechen descent and Chechen refugees living in Turkey. The Chechen diaspora in Turkey dates back to the 19th century when the Russian Empire started ethnically cleansing Caucasians from their homeland, these expulsions would later become known as the Circassian Genocide.

## Villages

Chechen villages in Turkey:

| Name | Local name | Province |
| - | - | - |
| Ağaçlı | Ağaçlı | Adana |
| Dikilitaş | Dikilitaş | Adana |
| Karalık | Karalık | Yozgat |
| Kesikköprü | Kesikköprü | Yozgat |
| Aşağıborandere | Aşağıborandere / Şeşen Jambotey | Kayseri |
| Aydınalan | Aydınalan | Kars |
| Yenigazi | Yenigazi | Kars |
| Altınyayla | Altınyayla | Kahramanmaraş |
| Çardak | Çardak | Kahramanmaraş |
| Sisne | Sisne | Kahramanmaraş |
| Gücüksu | Gücüksu / Behliöyl | Kahramanmaraş |
| Bağiçi | Bağiçi | Muş |
| Bozkurt | Bozkurt | Muş |
| Çöğürlü | Çöğürlü | Muş |
| Kıyıbaşı | Kıyıbaşı / Arıncık | Muş |
| Serinova | Serinova | Muş |
| Tepeköy | Tepeköy | Muş |
| Ulusırt | Ulusırt | Muş |
| Alaçayır | Alaçayır | Sivas |
| Canabtal | Canabdal | Sivas |
| Demirköprü | Demirköprü | Sivas |
| Kahvepınar | Kahvepınar | Sivas |
| Kazancık | Kazancık | Sivas |
| Yukarıhüyük | Yukarıhüyük | Sivas |
| Çınardere | Çınardere | Çanakkale |

## Notable Chechen Turks

* Hüseyin Özkan, Turkish judoka
* Ramazan Şahin, Russian-Turkish freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent
