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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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szabo.levente Mon Jun 29, 2009 16:50 UTC Dear Sirvictor, I'm planning not to die before visiting Turkey. As Hungarian from Transilvania I would like to visit Rakoczi's house in Tekirdag. Is there a good beach in the area? We would go with children, but can't find much info. Best wishes, Levente | balhannah Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:39 UTC Thanks for visiting my pages. Have just returned from Turkey and enjoyed it very much. As you guessed, had trouble with the Turkish computer keyboard! | Donna_in_India Wed Jun 17, 2009 18:13 UTC Hi Tosun - congratulations, you are the featured member. Just recently visited your wonderful country! | JessieLang Mon May 25, 2009 02:02 UTC I agree with your slogan! I visited Turkey for 2 weeks in Nov.08, and loved it. I had never heard of the "Great exchange" until that visit. Our guide talked about it. |
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