Circassian Settlement, early 1900's
Bewohner = Inhabitantsder = of theTscherkessensiedlung = Circassian settlementauf dem = on theKawak-Tepe [name of a place which means translated]Pap[p]elhügel = Poplar hillKawak-tepe may be "Kavaktepe", a very small village in the province of Tunceli:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavaktepe(the article also gives the translation Pappel-Hügel)https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavaktepe,_Mazgirtbecause the only "Kawak tepe" Google shows is (or at least was) the name of a 2181 m mountain south of Kayseri.Thanks to Helmut Thiess (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Osteuropaabteilung) for the above.
Photo (undated) from Facebook's Bir Zamanlar Marash
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