Boğazkaya is a village in the Bayramören District of Çankırı Province, Turkey. According to the Address-Based Population Registration System (ADNKS), the village had a population of 16 in 2021.TÜİK – Address-Based Population Registration System (ADNKS), 31 December 2021.
Name The village was historically known as Gebil. The etymology of the name is uncertain, and no definitive linguistic explanation has been published in academic literature. The name was replaced by "Boğazkaya" during early Republican-era efforts to standardize settlement names across Turkey, particularly following the 1927 place-name regulations.
Boğazkaya lies near the village of Koçlu (historically Doma), a former Greek settlement whose name was also changed during the same period.
For context on name changes in the region, see: Place name changes in Turkey.
History The wider Bayramören region contains settlement traces from Byzantine, Greek, and Turkish periods. Boğazkaya’s proximity to the historically Greek village of Doma (now Koçlu) suggests that the area once hosted a multilingual toponymic landscape. Demographics According to the Address-Based Population Registration System (ADNKS) and data compiled by nufusune.com, the population of Boğazkaya between 2007 and 2024 is as follows:Çankırı Bayramören Boğazkaya Köyü Nüfusu – nufusune.com, retrieved 2025-12-08
+ Population of Boğazkaya (2007–2024) Year Total Male Female 2024 19 12 7 2023 24 14 10 2022 24 13 11 2021 16 7 9 2020 21 10 11 2019 34 18 16 2018 56 30 26 2017 18 10 8 2016 25 13 12 2015 31 16 15 2014 35 18 17 2013 32 16 16 2012 28 14 14 2011 35 18 17 2010 35 19 16 2009 38 21 17 2008 47 26 21 2007 47 26 21
Infrastructure Boğazkaya has access to electricity, a village water supply, and local roads linking it to Bayramören.Turkcebilgi.com – Boğazkaya.
Culture Local traditions reflect rural Anatolian cultural patterns. Vernacular stone-and-timber architecture remains visible, and regional culinary practices such as the preparation of keşkek are noted in local descriptions.Koylerim.com – Boğazkaya.
See also Bayramören Çankırı Province Place name changes in Turkey
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