tyson
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Post by tyson on Nov 20, 2007 19:12:39 GMT -5
could this lastname derive from the turkish word for the circassion people "Çerkez / cherkez" ? since circassian muslim muhajirs were brought all over the ottoman empire when the ottomans lost the caucasus region to the russians. most circassions left the balkans before the ottoman empire collapsed, but a small amount of them stayed, particularly in kosovo, but they all got expatriated to the adyghe autonomous republic in the caucasus region of russia, because of the 1999 kosovo war.
could it be possible that there were some circassians in ottoman bosnia who assimilated & married into croatian familes , and gave themselves this lastname in respect to their circassian roots?
i talked about this with my father, and he thinks it could well be true, as he doesnt know if this lastname has any origins in the croatian language.
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