People / group

Chepni

Also known as Çepni

The Chepni are a Turkic tribe of the Oghuz family who settled in the Black Sea region of north-eastern Anatolia in the 13th and 14th centuries. They raided and pressed on the Empire of Trebizond and served local Turkmen beyliks of the Pontic hinterland. Their descendants live mainly in the provinces of Giresun, Trabzon and Ordu in Turkey.

Chepni
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Chepni. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chepni
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