Ahriyan
Ahriyan is an exonym for a group of people from Tonya and Beşikdüzü in Trabzon Province given by Çepni Turks to mean (Anatolian, Greek origin) or "non-Turkoman". It can also mean “oppressive, heartless” when used as an adjective. The Achrian Mosque (Greek: Αχριάν Τζαμί) in the city of İskeçe in Greece carries the same name.
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