Küresünni
Turkic ethnic subgroup
title: "Küresünni" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ethnic-groups-in-iran", "turkomans-in-turkey", "azerbaijani-tribes", "oghuz-tribes", "chepni-people", "ethnic-groups-in-the-middle-east"] description: "Turkic ethnic subgroup" topic_path: "geography/iran" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Küresünni" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Turkic ethnic subgroup ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| group | Küresünni |
| popplace | Iran: West Azerbaijan, Turkey: Van |
| rels | Sunni Islam (Shafi'i) |
| langs | Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kurdish |
| related | Azerbaijanis, Turks |
| :: |
|group=Küresünni |image= |poptime= |popplace=Iran: West Azerbaijan, Turkey: Van |rels=Sunni Islam (Shafi'i) |langs= Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kurdish |related= Azerbaijanis, Turks Küresünni is a Turkic tribe that inhabits the territory of Salmas, Urmia, Khoy, Maku in Iran and Van Province in Turkey. It is believed that they descend from Chepni tribesmen who were settled in the region by the Ottoman Empire to serve against the Qizilbash. Küresünni, from the Shafi'i madh'hab, continue to be fervent Sunnis. In the southwest of Khoy, there are Kurdicized groups of Küresünni Turks.
Etymology
The origin of the name is unclear. The people themselves have given various etymologies, such as it originating from a man named Kör Hasan (blind Hasan), from the city of Giresun, or from the term Khorasani.
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