
Today their descendants can be found throughout Greece and the Greek diaspora worldwide.Īpollonius of Tyana (1st century ad), a Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from the town of Tyana in Cappadocia

In 1923 following the genocide of the minorities of Turkey the surviving Cappadocian Greek native communities were forced to leave their homeland and resettle in Greece by the terms of the Greek–Turkish population exchange. According to 1897 estimations, the sanjak of Konya had a total Greek population of 68.101 and according to Ottoman population statistics of 1914, the sanjak of Niğde had a total Greek population of 58.312 and the sanjak of Kayseri had a total of 26.590. In the 11th century Seljuq Turks arriving from Central Asia conquered the region, beginning its gradual shift in language and religion. Phrygian) became entirely Greek-speaking by at least the 5th century. There had been a continuous Greek presence in Cappadocia since antiquity, and the indigenous populations of Cappadocia, some of whose Indo-European languages may have been closely related to Greek, (cf. Greek language, Cappadocian Greek, Karamanli TurkishĬappadocian Greeks also known as Greek Cappadocians ( Greek: Έλληνες-Καππαδόκες, Ελληνοκαππαδόκες, Καππαδόκες Turkish: Kapadokyalı Rumlar) or simply Cappadocians are an ethnic Greek community native to the geographical region of Cappadocia in central-eastern Anatolia, roughly the Nevşehir Province and surrounding provinces of modern Turkey. Here you will find options to view and activate subscriptions, manage institutional settings and access options, access usage statistics, and more.Cappadocian Greeks in traditional clothing, GreeceĤ4,432 (More than 50,000 including descendants) – around 50,000 (1920s estimate) If you believe you should have access to that content, please contact your librarian.įor librarians and administrators, your personal account also provides access to institutional account management. The institutional subscription may not cover the content that you are trying to access. Oxford Academic is home to a wide variety of products.

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