VirtualTourist Member Sirvictor
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Fairy Girl Cenan's wedding My father Captain of General Staff Ahmet Hulki Saral and my mother Hacer Cenan Saral on their wedding day 1940. My father is from Balkan. My mother is from Caucasus. She is a Circassian girl. They met in Turkish Anatolia and married. Normally Circassians dont give their girls to non-Circassians but he was a good looking young Staff Captain of Turkish Army. |
|  | My father Ahmet Hulki Saral leutenant of infantry with his mother, sisters, brother-in-laws and couzins in 1926 |
|  | My fatherland Kozana My family imigrated from village of Sofular of Kozana during the great exchange of Turks and Rums of Anatolia in 1926. There were 86 Turkish villages around Kozana. Turks lost Kozana on October 24th 1912 during the Balkan War. Since that time Greeks call the city Kozani. Kozana is situated on Northern Greece.
Our Friend Yannis from VT informed me that Sofular is called today "Kapnohori" I was searching for this name for many years. I thank him very much.
Rumeli'nin daglari var Ne guzeldir simdi aglar Aglama sen garip vatan Biz geliriz yine inan.
Rumelia have mountains They are beautiful but crying Don't cry you beloved fatherland Believe us we will came again. |
|  | Kozani 2004 I received this photo with the courtesy of my friend Toumpiotis alias Vangelis Mouratoglou from VT who is a grandchild of a Rum family from Anatolia. Our both families suffered. I prey for no more sufferings. |
|  | Hodja Ismail Efendi My grandfather Hodja Ismail Efendi was the son of Hadji Osman Hodja from village of Sofular of Kozana. He studied islam theology at Fatih Medrese the school for islamic knowledge in Istanbul. After graduating from the Medrese he joined the Turkish Army as regimental Imam. He fought in Balkan Wars and was taken prisoner by the Greeks. After the peace he was released and appointed to Van in East Turkey. He took his family from Kozana which was under Greek occupation and gone to Van same 3500 kilometers away. While he was there the WW I began. He was killed in action while charging againts Russians in front of his regiment at Koprukoy/Erzurum in 1916. This is the only picture of him. May Allahs mercy on him. Allah rahmet eylesin! Dilerimki oyle olsun! |
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ranger49 Mon Mar 24, 2008 13:06 UTC Thanks for visiting my Home Page and for your Comment. Yes - who can not long for Peace! | setikeyvan Thu Mar 6, 2008 03:05 UTC Hi! Thanks for the comment. I have had the pleasure of having Turkish tea in Istanbul. It was a great experience! | englishindiangirl Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:39 UTC Merhaba Tosun, I am coming to Antalya for a few days in March , & loved your pictures. I will be with my sister (who is the same age as you) & we are looking forward to sampling the food in Turkey and meeting new people. Christine from England. | csordila Sun Feb 10, 2008 17:22 UTC Thanks, good to hear about that society. Many greetings. Laszlo |
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