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The Hemshin people (Armenian: Համշենցիներ, Hamshentsiner; Turkish: Hemşinliler), also known as Hemshinli or Hamshenis or Homshetsi, are an ethnographic group of Armenians who mostly practice Sunni Islam after their conversion from Christianity in the beginning of the 18th century and are affiliated with the Hemşin and Çamlıhemşin districts in the province of Rize, Turkey. They are Armenian in orig
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 Hemsheni women in Rize, Turkey | |
| Total population | |
| 150,000–200,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Turkey: Rize, Artvin, ErzurumDiaspora communities in Trabzon, Sakarya and Düzce  Russia: Sochi | |
| Turkey | 150,000 |
| Russia | 2,082 |
| Languages | |
| Armenian (Homshetsi dialect), Turkish | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam in Turkey Armenian Apostolic in Georgia and Russia | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Armenians, Pontic Greeks, Laz people | |
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