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List of all settlements named Chiflik or equivalent across the Balkans

Author and translator: Petrit Latifi.

Balkan Academia

List of all settlements named Chiflik or equivalent across the Balkans

One of the many legacies of Ottoman occupation in the Balkans is the existence of many Ottoman Turkish toponyms across the region. This map includes settlements still called Chiflik or equivalent, which survived renaming policies after Turks left.

Map Labels (Settlements):
Citluk
Čifluk
Čitluk
Lički Čitluk
Čitluk
Čitluk
Čifluk
Čifluk
Čifluk
Čitluk
Čitluk
Čitluk
Čitluk
Čitluk
Čitluk
Čitluk
Čifluk Razgojnski
Bunuški Čifluk
Čiflik
Barje Čiflik
Čiflik
Čiflik
Čiflik
Čiflik Maalo
Zaim Chiflik
Palio Tsifliki
Tsifliki
Dolni Chiflik

Explanatory Text (bottom left):
Chiflik / Tsifliki / Čitluk is a Turkish term for a system of land management in the Ottoman Empire which allowed powerful military officers to pass on land to their sons. Some villages across the Balkans were founded on this basis.

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