Boğazkaya, Bayramören
Boğazkaya | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Boğazkaya Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 40°59′21″N 33°16′51″E / 40.98917°N 33.28083°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Çankırı |
| District | Bayramören |
| Elevation | 980 m (3,220 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 19 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 18322 |
| Area code | 0376 |
Boğazkaya is a village in the Bayramören District of Çankırı Province, Turkey. According to the Address-Based Population Registration System (ADNKS), the village had a population of 16 in 2021.[1]
Name
The village was historically known as Gebil. The etymology of the name is uncertain, and no definitive linguistic explanation has been published in academic literature. The name was replaced by "Boğazkaya" during early Republican-era efforts to standardize settlement names across Turkey, particularly following the 1927 place-name regulations.[2]
Boğazkaya lies near the village of Koçlu (historically Doma), a former Greek settlement whose name was also changed during the same period.[3]
For context on name changes in the region, see: Place name changes in Turkey.
History
The wider Bayramören region contains settlement traces from Byzantine, Greek, and Turkish periods. Boğazkaya’s proximity to the historically Greek village of Doma (now Koçlu) suggests that the area once hosted a multilingual toponymic landscape.[3]
Demographics
According to the Address-Based Population Registration System (ADNKS) and data compiled by nufusune.com, the population of Boğazkaya between 2007 and 2024 is as follows:[4]
| Year | Total | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19 | 12 | 7 |
| 2023 | 24 | 14 | 10 |
| 2022 | 24 | 13 | 11 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| 2020 | 21 | 10 | 11 |
| 2019 | 34 | 18 | 16 |
| 2018 | 56 | 30 | 26 |
| 2017 | 18 | 10 | 8 |
| 2016 | 25 | 13 | 12 |
| 2015 | 31 | 16 | 15 |
| 2014 | 35 | 18 | 17 |
| 2013 | 32 | 16 | 16 |
| 2012 | 28 | 14 | 14 |
| 2011 | 35 | 18 | 17 |
| 2010 | 35 | 19 | 16 |
| 2009 | 38 | 21 | 17 |
| 2008 | 47 | 26 | 21 |
| 2007 | 47 | 26 | 21 |
Infrastructure
Boğazkaya has access to electricity, a village water supply, and local roads linking it to Bayramören.[5]
Culture
Local traditions reflect rural Anatolian cultural patterns. Vernacular stone-and-timber architecture remains visible, and regional culinary practices such as the preparation of keşkek are noted in local descriptions.[6]
See also
References
- ^ TÜİK – Address-Based Population Registration System (ADNKS), 31 December 2021.
- ^ Tunçel, Hüseyin (1983). Köy Adları ve Değişiklikleri (in Turkish). Ankara Üniversitesi. p. 45.
- ^ a b Balta, Evangelia (2010). Anatolia's Greek Toponyms. Centre for Asia Minor Studies. p. 212.
- ^ Çankırı Bayramören Boğazkaya Köyü Nüfusu – nufusune.com, retrieved 2025-12-08
- ^ Turkcebilgi.com – Boğazkaya.
- ^ Koylerim.com – Boğazkaya.