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KARAMANLI ORTHODOX TURKS WHO IMMIGRATED TO GREECE FROM MUSTAFAPASHA DUE TO THE POPULATION EXCHANGE
Authors: Adem ÖGER
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Karamanlis, namely Karamanli Orthodox Turks, was a community the majority of which was settled in the Cappadocia Region in Anatolia. They spoke Turkish, and used Greek alphabet in their writings. They lived in Anatolia especially in the Cappadocia Region (Karaman, Konya, Kayseri, Isparta, Nevşehir, Niğde, Aksaray, Burdur, Aydın and Karadeniz etc.), İstanbul, Syria and the Balkans. Karamanli Orthodox Turks, who had lived in Cappadocia (Nevşehir, Ürgüp, Sinasos), Derinkuyu (Suvermez, Yazıhöyük, Zile), Niğde (Gölcük, Misti/Misli Fertek, Sementra, Andaval, Hasköy, Aravan/Kumluca, Kurdanos/Hamamlı, Bor), Aksaray (Güzelyurt, Uluağaç), Kayseri (İncesu, Zincidere, Pınarbaşı, Endürlük, Develi) were subjected to the forced emigration to Greece as of May 1st, 1923 in accordance with the “Convention and Protocol relating to Exchange of Greek and Turkish People” (Yıldırım, 2006: 173) signed on January 30th, 1923 between the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the Greek Parliament. Today, Karamanli Orthodox Turks living in such settlements like Thessaloniki, Larissa, Eviya Island (Prokopi, Neasinasos, Neapoli, Neagelveri, Cappadocia) Athens, Prea and Halkida have rich oral and written cultural products. Mustaphapasha (Sinasos) town is one of the centers of science, art, commerce and religion of Karamanli Orthodox Turks in the Cappadocia Region. Karamanli Ortodox Turks living in this town have been settled in different regions of Greece as a result of the population exchange. This paper deals with the current social life, ways of protecting their cultures, associations and foundations, customs and traditions, folk songs, poems, lullabies, threnodies etc. by providing information about the history and anthropology of Karamanli Orthodox Turks emigrating to Greece from Mustafapasha.
Keywords: Karamanli Orthodox Turks, Cappadocia, Mustafapasha