Yenikoy
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Yenikoy is a small village (30.000km²) in the Region of Afyonkarahisar
in Turkey
. It is a traditional Anatolia
n village. Its local government is a Muhtarlik. The head of Local Government is Abdil Koc (as of 2006)
The village was established by Turkish
emigrants from the Republic
of Nagorno-Karabagh; they emigrated in the Ottoman Empire
time and lived first in Davulga. After movings Sons of Alhan to valley of Yenikoy. Became yenikoy as a town.
Yenikoy was home to many Greek people
in the 1920s. In 1924 following the dramatic events in the War of Asia Minor
, the Greek people fled their village and came to stay in Kondariotissa
, a town in Pieria municipality in Central Macedonia
, Greece. A memorial sculpture has been erected in the square of the Kondariotissa village, to commemorate the immigration of Greeks from Yenikoy (Νεοχώρι Χηλής in Greek) to Kondariotissa.
It is notable that although more than 80 years have gone by since the immigration, a lot of people from Kondariotissa visit Yenikoy and are welcomed with the friendship and hospitability of the residents and the local authorities of the Turkish town.
Afyonkarahisar
Afyonkarahisar is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province. Afyon is in mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, south-west of Ankara along the Akarçay River. Elevation...
in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. It is a traditional Anatolia
Anatolia
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n village. Its local government is a Muhtarlik. The head of Local Government is Abdil Koc (as of 2006)
History
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
emigrants from the Republic
Republic
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of Nagorno-Karabagh; they emigrated in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
time and lived first in Davulga. After movings Sons of Alhan to valley of Yenikoy. Became yenikoy as a town.
Yenikoy was home to many Greek people
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
in the 1920s. In 1924 following the dramatic events in the War of Asia Minor
Asia Minor
Asia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...
, the Greek people fled their village and came to stay in Kondariotissa
Kondariotissa
Kondariotissa is a village in the Pieria regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. It is located 9 km south of the prefectural capital, Katerini. Its population is 1,980 . The nearest interchange with GR-1 lies to the east. The main occupation of the people is growing tobacco...
, a town in Pieria municipality in Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the region of Macedonia. With a population of over 1.8 million, it is the second most populous in Greece after Attica.- Administration :...
, Greece. A memorial sculpture has been erected in the square of the Kondariotissa village, to commemorate the immigration of Greeks from Yenikoy (Νεοχώρι Χηλής in Greek) to Kondariotissa.
It is notable that although more than 80 years have gone by since the immigration, a lot of people from Kondariotissa visit Yenikoy and are welcomed with the friendship and hospitability of the residents and the local authorities of the Turkish town.