Chepni (tribe)

For the village in Turkey, see Çepni, Tosya.
Chepni
Tamgha of Chepni according Mahmud al-Kashgari[1]
Regions with significant populations
Iran (West Azerbaijan Province), Turkey (Black Sea Region)
Languages
Turkish (in Turkey)
Azerbaijani, Persian, Kurdish (in Iran)
Religion
Sunni Islam, Alevism[2]
Related ethnic groups
Oghuz Turks

Chepni (Azerbaijani: Çəpni; Turkish: Çepni; Turkmen: Çepni) is one of the 24 Oghuz Turkic tribes.[3]

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  3. ^ Magnarella, Paul, Tradition and change in a Turkish town, Schenkman Pub. Co., 1981, p 35.