Chepniとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Chepni (Turkish: Çepni (pronounced [tʃepni] in Turkish), Çepniler, Ottoman Turkish: چپنى, Romeika:Τζαπνήδες Tzapnēdes, Old Uyghur Turkic in Arabic script:جآپنِ) or Chepni Turkmens are a Turkic sub-ethnic group of the Turkish people. They are a part of Oghuz peoples and they are closely related to Pechenegs. They live in the Eastern Black Sea region (primarily in Trabzon Province, Giresun Province and Ordu Province) of Turkey and some other communities of Chepni live in Balıkesir province. Their religion is Islam (Sunni and Alevi). According to the historian Faruk Sümer, Islamic philosopher Hacı Bektash Veli was probably a Chepni.