Ossetian villages in Turkey

Province

sub-province

district

Bitlis (487)

Otluyazi (Hulik)

 

Ahlat

 

Ovakisla

Erzurum (150)

?

?

Kars (4330)

Kars city

Sarikamis town

Bozat

Yukarisarikamis

Merkez

Merkez

Kayseri (200)

Egrisogut

Pinarbasi

Merkez

(+Karacay)

Mus (1440)

Mescitli

 

Karaagil

Kurganli (Simocerkes)

Saripinar (Hamzaseyh)

Yaramis

some villages -unidentified

Merkez

 

Bulanik

 

 

 

 

Varto

Mercimekkale

 

Karaagil

 

 

 

 

?

Nigde

Orhaniye

 

Çamardi

 

Merkez

Siirt

Kayahisar(Iron)?

 

Sirvan

 

Cevizlik

Sivas (272)

Kahvepinar

Konaközü

Yeniköy

 

Sarkisla

Yildizeli

 

merkez (+chechen)

merkez (+others)

yavu(belcik)

Tokat (438)

Almus town

Gürpinar (cengibagi)

Kusoturagi

Taslik

 

Almus

Resadiye

Turhal

 

merkez (+others)

merkez

merkez (+others)

Pazar (+ circassians)

Yozgat (1626)

Poyrazli+

Boyalik

Karabacak

Kayapinar ( my village )

 

Sarikaya

 

 

merkez

Unfortunately this information is out dated ( 1975 ) , nowadays most Ossetians live in cities like Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara.