Özet:

Land name research is an important topic that forms the field of study of various disciplines of science. It is believed that land names are a key factor in understanding the geographical, historical, social, cultural and economic structure of that settlement unit. Therefore, the study of the land names makes it possible to reveal the qualities such as what the place is, the previous status, historical development, the activities of people on the place and the places of settlement are named while what factors are influenced. In the study, the factors that influence the name of the villages in the Zara district have been examined from a geographical point of view. Unlike previously published local research, a significant portion of the village names in the village do not go to distant dates, and the village names studied are based at the earliest three and four centuries ago. The study of the names of these villages, established by the Turkish heights, conarchists and immigrants in isolated areas between the mountainous areas, is important in terms of both the determination of their originality and the discovery of close similarities with the other land names in Anadolu. However, about a quarter of the village names in Zara have undergone a name change. Our work consists of three sections. Becherial factors, size, character and personal names, hydrographic characteristics from natural elements come to the forefront in the land names.

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