Dinek is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of
Mihalıççık
Mihalıççık, also Mihalıçcık (English: Micalizo, sometimes Mihaliccik), is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,809 km2, and its population is 7,659 (2022). The elevation is .
Composition
There are 5 ...
,
Eskişehir Province
Eskişehir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey. Its area is 13,960 km2, and its population is 906,617 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are B ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its population is 195 (2022). Before the
2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''
belde
Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish.
All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...
''). It is situated to the south of
Sarıyar and
Gökçekaya dam reservoirs. The distance to Mihalıçcık is . The town has lost a considerable portion of its population because of migration to cities. According to mayor's page the origin of the town people were the
Chepni
Chepni (; ; ) is one of the 24 Oghuz Turkic tribes.
History
In the legend of Oghuz Qaghan, the Chepni was stated as one of the clans of the tribe of ''Gök Han'' that consists of Pecheneg (''Beçenek''), Bayandur (''Bayındır''), Chowdur ('' ...
tribe of
Turkmens
Turkmens (, , , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-western Afghanistan. Sizeable groups of Turkmens are found also in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, ...
who had migrated from
Greater Khorasan
KhorasanDabeersiaghi, Commentary on Safarnâma-e Nâsir Khusraw, 6th Ed. Tehran, Zavvâr: 1375 (Solar Hijri Calendar) 235–236 (; , ) is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plateau in West Asia, West and Central Asia that encompasses wes ...
in the 15th century.
References
Neighbourhoods in Mihalıççık District
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