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About 30,000 people from Türkiye’s Yağlıdere now live in the US
The number of people from Yağlıdere, a district in Türkiye’s Black Sea province of Giresun, living in the United States is estimated at around 30,000, about twice the district’s population of 14,600. The community is concentrated in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
The number of people from Yağlıdere, a district in Türkiye’s Black Sea province of Giresun, who live in the United States has reached an estimated 30,000, about twice the district’s own population of 14,600.
“According to the latest data we obtained from the consulate in 2023, we had 21,000 legal Yağlıdere natives with dual citizenship or an official residence permit,” Yağlıdere Mayor Yaşar İbaş said. He estimates the total has reached about 30,000 when undocumented arrivals, particularly across the Mexican border in the past three years, are included.
The migration began in the 1960s with a visit by a man named Lefter, who had left the region during the population exchange. In Yağlıdere he met İzzet Aydın, known locally as “Tailor İzzet,” who first moved to the US himself and later brought over relatives and fellow villagers.
The community is concentrated on New York’s Long Island and in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Many of its members run gas stations, restaurants and pizzerias, painting companies, used-car dealerships, jewelry stores and markets.
“It feels as if I have gone to my own hometown, my village. You can see everyone you know on the street,” Yağlıdere native Avni Çatal said, describing the community in the US.
Not every young person plans to stay abroad. “I want to study in America,” said Cafer Yardım, a young resident of the district. “My goal is not to work and stay there, but to get a quality education and then return to Türkiye and live in my hometown.”
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