Manavs
Manavs (Turkish: Manavlar) or Manav Turks (Manav Türkleri) are a Turkic people living in northwest Anatolia, especially in Sakarya, Bilecik, Balıkesir, Bursa, Çanakkale, Kocaeli, Eskişehir, Bolu and Düzce provinces. It is proposed that Manavs descend from Cumans and Kipchaks who settled in the Byzantine Empire.
Manavlar | |
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Traditional Manav clothes from Kandıra, Kocaeli | |
| Total population | |
| Turkey; East Marmara Region, Marmara Region, Aegean Region | |
| Languages | |
| Turkish Old Anatolian Turkish (historical) | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam (Hanafism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Turkic peoples |
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