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Hançerli, Niğde

Hançerli is a former Karamanlides village, famous for its Dermason beans. The village, officially a neighborhood, is in the Niğde district of Niğde province in central Turkey. It is 9 kilometers from the capital of the province, and its population is 294.[1]

Name

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The village has been known by many names, many of them similar to each other. It is listed as Dilmuson in official Ottoman records from the years 1500, 1518, and 1530.[2] The village's name is listed as Dylmusun or Termissos in an early 20th-century catalog of archeological sites in southern Asia Minor,[3] as Τελμησσός, Τελμησός, Ντελμισσόν, Ντελμοσό, Hancereli, or Dulmucum in a study of late 19th- and early 20th-century migrants or refugees,[4] and as Τερμισσός in a late 19th-century study of Cappadocian monasteries.[5] Its name is listed as Dilmisson or ديلميصون in a Turkish Interior Ministry report in 1928,[6] but as Hançerli in a 1957 geographical study.[7]

History

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The village flourished economically from 1839 to 1870 as a center of cotton trade in Cilicia.[8]

In 1920, the population of the village included 1045 Karamanlides and 1283 Muslims.[9] In the Population Exchange of 1923, the Karamanlides of the village were sent to Greece while 176 Muslims from Kastoria and Chroupista in Greece were settled in the village.[10]

Local sights

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In the village center is an old church, the former Analepsis Monastery; it was built in 1832, constructed of cut basalt on a basilica plan, but is now used as a mosque.[11][12] Before the construction of this building, the village's parish church was a cave church dedicated to the Archangel Michael.[13]

Within the village are three historic fountains (çeşmeler), one with an inscription in Greek and Karamanli and the date 1832.[14] Also in the village is an old washery (yunak) or laundry building (çamaşırhane).[15]

To the northeast of the village are the ruins of the Koimesis of the Theotokos Monastery.[16][17]

Local products

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The village is known for the Dermason variety of beans, registered for protected geographical indication by the Niğde Chamber of Commerce and Industry.[18] The beans are defined as "white in color, with a somewhat plump but flat (oblate) shape, one edge straight and the other edge rounded, and generally large in size."[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Niğde İl Haritası". Niğde İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü. T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı. 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  2. ^ Hüseyniklioğlu, Ayşegül; Arslan, Handan (2009). "16. Yüzyılın İlk Çeyreğinde Niğde Kazası Yerleşme Merkezlerinin Tespiti" [Identification of Settlements in the Niğde District in the First Quarter of the 16th Century]. Fırat Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (in Turkish). 19 (2): 308.
  3. ^ Rott, Hans (1908). Kleinasiatische Denkmäler aus Pisidien, Pamphylien, Kappodokien und Lykien [Monuments of Asia Minor in Pisidia, Pamphylia, Cappodocia, and Lycia] (in German). Leipzig: Theodor Weicher. p. 100.
  4. ^ Κολιαδήμου, Αγνή Κ. (2006). Από την Αξό της Καππαδοκίας στον νομό Πέλλας: Προσφυγικές διαδρομές (1890-1940) [From Axos of Cappadocia to the Prefecture of Pella: Refugee Routes (1890-1940)] (PDF) (Thesis) (in Greek). Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης. p. 179. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  5. ^ Hild, Friedrich; Restle, Marcell (1981). "Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos)". Tabula Imperii Byzantini (in German). Vol. 2. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. 294. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  6. ^ Son Teşkîlât-ı Mülkiyyede Köylerimizin Adları [Names of Our (Turkey's) Villages according to the Latest Civil Administration] (Report) (in Turkish). Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Dâhiliye Vekâleti Nüfûs Müdîriyet-i Umûmiyesi. 1928. p. 1017. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  7. ^ Hild; Restle. Kappadokien. p. 294.
  8. ^ Βαρβούνης, Μανόλης Γ. (2020). "Μορφές λαϊκής θρησκευτικής συμπεριφοράς και τελετουργιών στην Τελμησσό της Καππαδοκίας (τέλη 19ου-αρχές 20ού αιώνα)" [Forms of Popular Religious Behavior and Rituals in Telmessos, Cappadocia (Late 19th to Early 20th Centuries)]. Δελτίο Κέντρου Μικρασιατικών Σπουδών (in Greek) (21): 78. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  9. ^ Selamoğlu, Emin (2012). "Karamanlıların Niğde'si" [Niğde of the Karamanlides] (PDF). 1. Uluslarası Nevşehir Tarih ve Kültür Sempozyumu Bildirileri. 1. Uluslarası Nevşehir Tarih ve Kültür Sempozyumu, 16-19 Kasım 2011, Nevşehir (in Turkish). Vol. 3. Nevşehir Üniversitesi Yayınları. p. 11.
  10. ^ Özkan, Salih (2007). "1923 Tarihli Türk-Rum Nüfus Mübadelesinin Niğde'nin Demografik Yapısına Etkisi" [Effect of the 1923 Turkish-Greek Population Exchange on the Demographic Structure of Niğde]. Türklük Bilimi Araştırmaları (in Turkish) (21): 174–175. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  11. ^ Ekiz, Mehmet (2015). Niğde İli ve İlçeleri Arkeolojik Yüzey Araştırması 2015 Raporu (PDF) (Report). pp. 15–16. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  12. ^ Hild; Restle. Kappadokien. p. 294.
  13. ^ Βαρβούνης, Μορφές λαϊκής θρησκευτικής συμπεριφοράς και τελετουργιών στην Τελμησσό της Καππαδοκίας, p. 86
  14. ^ Ekiz. Niğde İli ve İlçeleri Arkeolojik Yüzey Araştırması 2015 Raporu (PDF) (Report). pp. 17, 19–20.
  15. ^ Ekiz. Niğde İli ve İlçeleri Arkeolojik Yüzey Araştırması 2015 Raporu (PDF) (Report). pp. 14, 18.
  16. ^ Ekiz. Niğde İli ve İlçeleri Arkeolojik Yüzey Araştırması 2015 Raporu (PDF) (Report). pp. 21–23.
  17. ^ Hild; Restle. Kappadokien. p. 294.
  18. ^ Niğde İl Gelişme Planı (NİGEP) [Niğde Provincial Development Plan] (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). Ahiler Kalkınma Ajansı. 2016. p. 223. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Kuru Fasulye" [Dry Bean]. T.C. Resmî Gazete (in Turkish). T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı. 2009. p. 3. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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