Cihadiye, Biga

Cihadiye is a village in the Biga District of Çanakkale Province in Turkey. Its population is 111. The village is mostly made up of ethnic Circassians from the Bzhedug tribe.

History

The village was founded in 1881 by about 20 Circassian families who fled the Kuban basin following the Circassian genocide. The name of the village was first recorded as Tığujkuey in 1920 and later as Buzağılık in 1960.

[Turkish War of Independence]

After Anzavur [Ahmed Pasha] was killed in an ambush in a nearby village, the residents of Cihadiye buried his body and built a grave for him.