Founding family · Karabağlar tribe
Cankara
Earliest documented soldier
The Cankara family includes Mehmet Cankara (1878-1952), Mesudiye village's earliest documented soldier — he served as cavalry in the 1897 Ottoman-Greek War, before the Karabağlar's 1907 migration to Karaman.
Key facts
- Mehmet Cankara (1878-1952) — 1897 Ottoman-Greek War cavalry
- İbrahim Cankara — muhtar 1963
- Veteran + muhtar + Mesudiyespor 1980s family
Related pages
- • Turkish version of this family page (photos and oral-history detail)
- • All 54 founding families
- • Deutsche Version