Hemshin people

E924573

The Hemshin people are an ethnic group of Armenian origin living mainly along Turkey’s eastern Black Sea coast, known for their distinct dialects, cultural traditions, and in many cases Muslim faith.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hemshin people canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
human population group ⓘ
conversion Islamization during Ottoman period ⓘ
countryOfResidence Turkey ⓘ
culture distinct folk costumes ⓘ
distinct folk dances ⓘ
distinct musical traditions ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
tea cultivation culture ⓘ
diaspora Armenia (Homshetsi communities) ⓘ
linked to: Hamshen Armenian

Georgia (Adjara and surrounding areas) ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Georgia

Russia (Krasnodar region and Sochi area) ⓘ
linked to: southern Russia
ethnicOrigin Armenian people ⓘ
linked to: Armenians
ethnonym Hemshinli ⓘ
linked to: Hemshin

Hemşinliler ⓘ
linked to: Hemşince
hasSubgroup Eastern Hemshin ⓘ
Northern Hemshin (Homshetsi) ⓘ
Western Hemshin ⓘ
linked to: Hemshin
historicalAffiliation Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicalOriginPlace Hamamashen (Hemşin) region ⓘ
language Hemşince ⓘ
Homshetsi ⓘ
linked to: Homshetsma
languageFamily Western Armenian ⓘ
notableCulturalElement Hemshin folk songs ⓘ
distinct wedding customs ⓘ
use of accordion and tulum (bagpipe) in music ⓘ
populationCharacteristic partly assimilated linguistically into Turkish ⓘ
some groups retain Armenian-derived dialects ⓘ
region Artvin Province ⓘ
Hemşin district ⓘ
Rize Province ⓘ
Trabzon Province ⓘ
eastern Black Sea coast ⓘ
Çamlıhemşin ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
Laz people ⓘ
Pontic Greeks ⓘ
linked to: Pontic Greek

Turks of the Black Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Turks
religion Armenian Apostolic Church (historically) ⓘ
Christianity (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Christianity

Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
selfIdentification varies between Turkish, Hemshin, and Armenian identities ⓘ
subgroupOf Armenians (by origin) ⓘ
linked to: Armenians
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
beekeeping ⓘ
tea farming ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trabzon Province → ethnicGroup → Hemshin people ⓘ
Rize Province → hasMinorityGroup → Hemshin people ⓘ
Hamshen Armenian → spokenBy → Hemshin people ⓘ
Borçka District → hasMinorityPopulation → Hemshin people ⓘ
Homshetsi → ethnicGroupAssociated → Hemshin people ⓘ
subject linked to: Homshetsi (Hemshin dialect)
Çamlıhemşin → hasEthnicGroup → Hemshin people ⓘ
subject linked to: Çamlıhemşin district