Trabzon, Giresun — Çepni villages (folk belief)

The 'Cazı' Tales of the Black Sea

Folklore — not a documented case

The 'cazı' (witch), a figure passed down through generations in the Çepni villages of the Eastern Black Sea, is depicted as a woman possessing both sorcery and supernatural power. She appears frequently in regional folk songs and in oral tales known as 'memorats' (personal-experience stories). In the 1930s she also inspired several literary works. She is a purely folkloric figure, not a documented event.

The figure known as 'cazı' (in some areas 'cadı,' witch) in the Çepni settlements of the Eastern Black Sea is one of the most distinctive characters in the region's folklore.

The stories in this section are folk tales and legends; they are not verified, real events and should not be confused with the rest of the archive.

From the same region