''İn Cin'' (also: ''İn jinn'') is a
Turkish
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phrase used to express that a place is entirely abandoned.
Background
According to Turkish beliefs, İn and
jinn inhabit forgotten or desolated places. Therefore, a place visited by such beings, as for example in "İn cin top oynamak" ("İn and jinn play ball"), means that this place must be completely devoid of human life.
The combination of these two entities bears resemblance to the
Quranic phrase ''al-ins wa al-jinn'' (الإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّ). However, whereas in Arabic the term ''al-ins'' (الإِنسِ) refers to mankind, the similar Turkish term (İn) refers to a being similar to the jinn (''human'' means ''insan'' in Turkish). The İn would be less predictable in behavior and more prone to chaos than the jinn.
The jinn entered the Turkish consciousness through
Islam
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. The İn refers to a type of demon from Turkish legends. İn might root in the concept of Turkic
master spirits (''İye''). In many Turkish tales, people are afraid or even killed by the İn and jinn when visiting haunted places.
[DİREKÇİ, Bekir. "" İpäk Yoli Äfsånäläri" nin Tasnifi." Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi 26 (2009): 39-56.]
See also
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Peri
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Turkic demons
Phrases
Former populated places