Analysis of 1905 İstavri ( Uğurtaşı ) Ottoman Census

In 1905, groups of three different religions and ethnicities lived in İstavri. Their total number is 1,083 people in 206 households.

The first group is the Muslim Turks who have lived here until today. The number of people in this group was 170 in 28 households at that time. Annex-24

The second group are those who say that we are actually Christians (mutanassir), although they are known as Muslims. Although the majority of the people belonging to this group were Greeks, there were Turks, Armenians and Kurds among them. The number of people in this group was 199 in 43 households at that time. The majority of those in this group left Turkey with the population exchange and immigrated to various countries, especially Greece. Some declared themselves to be Muslims again and continued their lives in various parts of the Black Sea (covert Christians known as kfiros or klosti).

Those in the third group are mostly Greek and Armenian citizens who identify themselves as Christians. Almost all of the people in this group traveled abroad through exchange. The number of people in this group was 714 in 135 households at that time. Again, some who did not want to leave Turkey, saying that they were in fact Muslims, continued their lives in various parts of the Black Sea.

The following families, who appeared to be Muslim before and after the population exchange, immigrated abroad after saying they were formally Christians even though they were Muslims and Turkish, perhaps not to leave their loved ones behind.

Bulduoğulları                              Dursunoğluları                   Delimehmetoğulları

Karamustafaoğulları                Karakuşoğulları                  Topaloğulları

Kurdoğulları                               Araboğulları                         Ruzvanoğulları

Kadıoğulları                               Sadeddinoğulları                 Keleşoğullari

Some of Kasımoğluları            Some of Himmetoğulları

The second group of families who left from here all had Greek or Armenian nicknames (names) besides Turkish. These are Turks, Kurds and, to a lesser extent, Armenians.