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History of Tepeköy
Since there is no literature
evidence on the history of
Tepeköy, I applied to the
elderly villagers. I made an
interview with Osman Tekin as
the oldest villager in
Tepeköy.
He was born in 1338 according to
Islamic Calendar. However, even
he is too young to learn the
details on the history. The
information of Osman Tekin also
originates from the verbal
communications.
 According
to
Osman Tekin
(as seen in the photo), the
village was established around
1290, we can see it since the
earliest graves belong to such
times. At first, Tepeköy was
only a part of Erbişim as the
adjacent village today. The
parents of Molla Mustafa
constructed the first house on
the lands of todays village.
And gradually, the population
and settlement were increased.
Also there were some immigrants
from Yeşilli village (the other
adjacent village today). At last
the village was separated from
Erbişim and named as Tepeköy. It
is called Tepeköy (Hill Village
in English) on account of it is
located on a hill actually.
According to Osman Tekin; an
earthquake was occurred in 1939
when he was only 16 leading
minor damages in the houses of
Tepeköy. The poplar trees were
bent back and forth, and the
villagers did not know what an
earthquake meant, they believed
that the world is located onto
the horns of a cow. They
believed that the shakes were
due to such cows movements in
that time as well.
In Tepekoy, people were very
reach compare to the villagers
of the adjacent villages. There
were school, café, and gendarme
station.
The
Old Mosque was established
within Molla Mustafa`s
period. And it was reconstructed
in 1997 and named as Nihat
Tekin
Camii (Mosque).
According to Mr. Osman Tekin,
among the reasons for the
immigration to cities, first we
should consider that the village
does not have promising future
for the youngsters. For example,
only a primary school exists in
the village, then the families
immigrated to the large cities.
They sold their lands and
livestock making their returning
to the Village almost
impossible.
Deniz-Osman Tekin
Our village was established
almost 180 years ago. Our
village is a typical Turkmen
village and consists of many
Turkish clans. The first
settlers in the village are
Takaits (Köksal) and Hıdırs
(Avcı) families.
A commander named Osman Bey was
training soldiers in a place
called Osman Böğrü at that time
(currently Ayıp) in Ottoman
Period. This man was called
Takait (meaning retired son). He
was a soldier with Osman Bey in
the battles. After he lost some
of his nose in a battlefield he
was retired.
Since Osman Bey liked Tkait so
much, he granted the place of
our village to Takait as a gift.
And later
 other
clans also immigrated to this
place. Meşeköy and Erbişim
villages are also Turkmen
Villages completely, however
they were established before the
establishment of our village.
Omerhacili village is also very
old village. Kurdish villages
were also established at later
dates by three brothers came
from the east. The village
established by Yusuf as one of
these brothers was named as
Çadırlı Hacı yusuf Village
(Lower Kurd), the village
established by the other brother
Bayram was named as çadırlı Hacı
Bayram Village (Cinderesi), and
the one established by the third
brother Mehmet was named as
çadırlı Kör Mehmet Village
(Karşı Kurd). All of the clans
in our village were originated
from Horasan, and they settled
in our village after long
travels and temporary settling
in many places.
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