Assoc. Prof. Hacer Karabağ Arslan

Villages and fieldwork

Tap a village marker: its district, zone, focus group and any oral history interviews open beside the map. You can zoom and drag the map.

  • 65primary neighbourhoods
  • 16substitute neighbourhoods
  • 17districts
  • 300oral history interviews
  • 11focus group interviews

Village map

  • Mountain
  • Plain
  • Lake or pond
  • Coast
  • Substitute village
  • Village with published interviews

Map prepared by Asst. Prof. Soner Duman.

Village list

Full list of villages

Büyükorhan 5

  • DüğüncülerMountain
  • HacılarMountain
  • GediklerMountain
  • PiribeylerMountain
  • MazlumlarMountain · substitute

Harmancık 5

  • BalatdanişmentMountain
  • DutlucaMountain
  • HobandanişmentMountain
  • OkçularMountain
  • KepekdereMountain · substitute

Keles 5

  • DüvenliMountain
  • BelenörenMountain
  • UzunözMountain
  • GöközMountain
  • KozbudaklarMountain · substitute

Orhaneli 5

  • GöynükbelenMountain
  • KüçükorhanMountain
  • GümüşpınarMountain
  • LetafetMountain
  • BaşköyMountain · substitute

Gemlik 5

  • ŞahinyurduMountain
  • EngürücükPlain
  • NarlıCoast
  • KaracaaliCoast
  • YeniköyPlain · substitute

Gürsu 5

  • DışkayaMountain
  • AğaköyPlain
  • İğdirPlain
  • HasanköyPlain
  • CambazlarPlain · substitute

İnegöl 5

  • HayriyeMountain
  • HamamlıPlain
  • ÇeltikçiPlain
  • TekkeköyPlain
  • GündüzlüPlain · substitute

İznik 5

  • OsmaniyeMountain
  • ElmalıMountain
  • ÇakırcaLake or pond
  • GöllüceLake or pond
  • ÇamdibiPlain · substitute

Karacabey 5

  • DağkadıPlain
  • GölkıyıLake or pond
  • BayramdereCoast
  • BallıkayaCoast
  • DoğlaPlain · substitute

Kestel 5

  • DerekızıkMountain
  • AksuPlain
  • TuranköyPlain
  • GölbaşıLake or pond
  • DudaklıPlain · substitute

Mudanya 5

  • ÇayönüPlain
  • MirzaobaPlain
  • Eğerce/EyerciCoast
  • KumyakaCoast
  • ÜlküPlain · substitute

Mustafakemalpaşa 5

  • GündoğduPlain
  • KoşuboğazıPlain
  • PaşalarPlain
  • DorakLake or pond
  • OrmankadıPlain · substitute

Nilüfer 5

  • TahtalıPlain
  • GökçePlain
  • KaracaobaPlain
  • FadıllıLake or pond
  • KonaklıPlain · substitute

Orhangazi 5

  • GedelekPlain
  • YenisölözPlain
  • KerametLake or pond
  • GölyakaLake or pond
  • DutlucaLake or pond · substitute

Osmangazi 5

  • SelçukgaziMountain
  • AhmetbeyPlain
  • GündoğduPlain
  • DoğancıLake or pond
  • MürsellerMountain · substitute

Yenişehir 5

  • YarhisarMountain
  • ÇeltikçiPlain
  • EyercePlain
  • BarçınPlain
  • KirazlıyaylaMountain · substitute

Yıldırım 1

  • FidyekızıkMountain

As oral history interviews are completed, the recordings will be published on this page under the relevant village.

Figure 1: sample neighbourhoods
Figure 1. Neighbourhoods where oral history and focus group interviews will be held. Square: primary, circle: alternative neighbourhood.
Figure 1. Neighbourhoods where oral history and focus group interviews will be held. Square: primary, circle: alternative neighbourhood.
Focus group interviews

Eleven interviews will be held in the districts. A representative of the district agriculture office joins each one; groups have 6–12 people, with 104 participants planned in total. Municipality: a representative of the Metropolitan or the district municipality.

  1. Interview 1 Büyükorhan: Düğüncüler, Hacılar, Gedikler, Piribeyler, Mazlumlar · Harmancık: Balatdanişment, Dutluca
  2. Interview 2 Harmancık: Hobandanişment, Okçular, Kepekdere · Keles: Düvenli, Belenören, Uzunöz, Gököz
  3. Interview 3 Orhaneli: Göynükbelen, Küçükorhan, Gümüşpınar, Letafet, Başköy · Keles: Kozbudaklar
  4. Interview 4 İnegöl: Hamamlı, Çeltikçi, Tekkeköy, Hayriye, Gündüzlü
  5. Interview 5 İznik: Osmaniye, Elmalı, Çakırca, Göllüce, Çamdibi · Yenişehir: Kirazlıyayla
  6. Interview 6 Karacabey: Dağkadı, Gölkıyı, Bayramdere, Ballıkaya, Doğla · Mustafakemalpaşa: Gündoğdu, Koşuboğazı
  7. Interview 7 Mustafakemalpaşa: Paşalar, Dorak, Ormankadı · Nilüfer: Karacaoba, Fadıllı, Konaklı
  8. Interview 8 Nilüfer: Tahtalı, Gökçe · Osmangazi: Selçukgazi, Ahmetbey, Gündoğdu, Doğancı, Mürseller · Yıldırım: Fidyekızık
  9. Interview 9 Yenişehir: Yarhisar, Çeltikçi, Eyerce, Barçın · Kestel: Derekızık, Aksu, Turanköy, Gölbaşı, Dudaklı
  10. Interview 10 Gemlik: Engürücük, Şahinyurdu, Narlı, Karacaali, Yeniköy · Mudanya: Çayönü, Mirzaoba, Eğerce/Eyerci, Kumyaka, Ülkü
  11. Interview 11 Gürsu: Ağaköy, İğdir, Hasanköy, Dışkaya, Cambazlar · Orhangazi: Gedelek, Yenisölöz, Keramet, Gölyaka, Dutluca
Fieldwork schedule

The project runs 24 months; results will be shared at the end of the second year with a workshop and an Agricultural History Exhibition.