Tejirli (Turkish: Tecirli, Tâcirli, or Tüccarlı)[1] is a Turkoman tribe densely inhabiting Çukurova[2] but also the provinces of Gaziantep, Kilis, Sivas, Kars, Erzurum in Turkey, parts of Cyprus, and Raqqa in Syria.[3]
Tecirli | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Turkey:Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Adana | |
| Languages | |
| Turkish | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Turkish people |
Etymology
editIn Turkish and its dialects, tecir, tâcir, and tüccar translate to merchant. Thus, the tribe's name literally means with merchants, which is rooted in the tribe's predation of passing merchants.[3] Likewise, "Tecirli hırsızı gibi" (transl. like the burglar from the Tejirli tribe) is a local Turkish phrase from Aintab.[4][5]
History
editIn its region of settlement, the tribe used to be viewed as one of the most uneducated and feared tribes. Ahmed Cevdet Pasha underlined the uneducated nature of this tribe in his works, Tezakir and Maruzat. Communities belonging to the tribe didn't often include a single imam among its ranks, and thus the tribe used to bury its dead and arrange marriages without religious supervision. They would have proper burials and marriage when an imam would be available and would later rob the imam.[3]
References
edit- ^ Eyicil, Ahmet (1997). "Maraş'ta 1855'te Tacirli Aşireti'nin İsyanı". Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi. 19 (30): 99–133. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Sansar, M. Fatih (August 2013). "Turkmen Clans in Çukurova in the 19th Century: Cerid and Tecirli". The Studies of the Ottoman Domain. 3 (5). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ a b c Kuzucular, Şahamettin (2018). Çukurova Gâvurdağı tarihi ve Türkmenleri. Akademisyen Kitabevi. p. 83. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Bölge ağızlarında atasözleri ve deyimler. Ankara Üniversitesi Basımevi. 1969. p. 391. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Türk folkloru. 1984. p. 31. Retrieved 23 November 2022.