I5249: Tekkeköy Büyüklü

Kingdom of Pontus

Sample ID: I5249
YDNA: G-M406* (G2a2b1)
mtDNA: U4a
Location: Tekkeköy Büyüklü, Samsun Province, Turkey Kingdom of Pontus
Est age: 193-50 BCE
Bam:
Global25: n/a

Grave 2, BU

Insight into Tekkekoy (not related to I5249):  This information gives insight into perhaps some of the Eastern expansion of M406 via Islam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekkek%C3%B6y

When the Seljuk Empire entered Anatolia, they sent the great Turkish Veli Sheikh Zeynuddin to this important area and established an Islamic lodge (tekke) in order to convert the locals to Islam. Sheikh Zeynuddin, who is thought to have lived c. 1250-1330, cared for the travelers, the poor, and ones in need. It is said that the name Tekkeköy is rooted in that very lodge, as the literal translation for tekke is "holyman's lodge".

In 1399, the Ottomans gained reign over Tekkeköy but briefly lost the land to the Kubatoğulları clan in 1402 following the War of Ankara. However, the area became Ottoman territory once again in 1419 through Celebi Mehmet.

Turks and local Greeks (Rum) peacefully co-existed here during the Ottoman era until the Lausanne Treaty, which required the Turks in Western Thrace and Balkans (especially Thessaloniki, Greece and surrounding regions) to swap places with Greeks in the area. As a result, the inhabitants of Tekkeköy today fall into three main categories: Locals, immigrants from the west, and the exchange population who managed to preserve their cultural heritage.

Tekkekoy Caves