Beyliks_of_Canik
Beyliks of Canik
Group of Anatolian beyliks in the 14th and 15th centuries
Beyliks of Canik (Turkish: Canik beylikleri) was a group of small Turkoman principalities in northern Anatolia during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Anthony Bryer connects the toponym Chanik with the name "Chani" which the Laz people call themselves.[1][full citation needed]