Manavs

Manavlar or Manav Turks; are Hanafi Sunni Turkic people living in northwest Anatolia, especially in Sakarya, Bilecik, Balıkesir, Bursa, Çanakkale, Kocaeli, Eskişehir, Bolu and Düzce provinces. Manav; Which the Byzantine Empire placed as a buffer from the Balkans to Western Anatolia, refers to the people formed by the mixing of the Cuman, Uzes, Pecheneg Turks with the Oghuz Turks.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Manav Turks
Manav Türkleri
Dark blue: Dense Manav population
Light blue: Minority Manav population
Total population
Turkey; East Marmara Region, Marmara Region, Aegean Region
Languages
Turkish, Kipchak languages, Oghuz languages, (Historical) Cuman language
Religion
Hanafi, İslam
Related ethnic groups
Turkic peoples

A group of Cuman-Kipchaks who headed to the Balkans as a result of the Mongols' incursions into the Deşt-i Kipchak lands; It is known that he entered the service of the Latin and Nicaea Empires. The Nicea Empire used this Cuman group against the Seljuk and Mongol threat and settled it in their lands. It is also thought that this Cuman-Kipchak group, which was settled in the territory of the Nicea Empire with the purpose of buffering against the threats from the East, interbred with the with the Oghuzs and formed the people called Manav.[2][3][4][5][6]

Kocaeli-Kandıra traditional Manav clothes.

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