Beyliks of Canik is a name given to a group of small Turkmen

Oghuz Turks

The Turkomen also known as Oghuz Turks were a historical Turkic tribal confederation in Central Asia during the early medieval Turkic expansion....

 principalities in northern Anatolia

Anatolia

Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...

 during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Background

After the battle of Kösedağ in 1243, Ilkhanid Mongols became the de facto rulers of Anatolia. The Seljuk sultans became the puppets of Ilkhanids and the former generals of Seljuks as well as Turkmen tribes within Seljuk realm who accepted the suzerainty of Ilkhanids, established themselves as semi independent principalities called beylik. But in the middle Black Sea region

Black Sea Region

The Black Sea Region is one of Turkey's seven census-defined geographical regions . It is bordered by the Marmara Region to the west, the Central Anatolia Region to the south, the Eastern Anatolia Region to the southeast, the Republic of Georgia to the northeast, and the Black Sea to the north.-...

 of Anatolia, there wasn't a dominant leader and a series of beyliks were founded mostly by the members of the same family. Those beyliks were even smaller than the beyliks in the other regions of Anatolia. They lived in a frequent warfare and their history is highly turbulent. The historians call all of them as Beyliks of Canik. (Actually Canik is the name of a mountain system in middle Black Sea region as well as one of the intercity municipalities of Greater Samsun

Samsun

Samsun is a city of about half a million people on the north coast of Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Samsun Province and a major Black Sea port.-Name:...

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The beyliks

In the following table the names usually refer to the founder of the beylik, (where the suffix "...oğulları" means "sons of") with the exception of Bafra

Bafra

Bafra is a district in the Samsun Province of Turkey.-History:As a settlement, Bafra dates back to the fifth millennium BC. Remnants in the İkiztepe area revealed signs of habitation during the chalcolithic period . These habitations apparently continued uninterrupted until 1700 BC...

 which is the name of the capital city of the beylik.

Name of the beylik	Capital	End of duration
Bafra	Bafra Bafra Bafra is a district in the Samsun Province of Turkey.-History:As a settlement, Bafra dates back to the fifth millennium BC. Remnants in the İkiztepe area revealed signs of habitation during the chalcolithic period . These habitations apparently continued uninterrupted until 1700 BC...	1460
Hacıemiroğulları	Ordu Ordu Ordu 'army') is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, and the capital of Ordu Province. Estimated population c. 2010: 141,341.-Etymology:...	1427
Kubatoğulları	Ladik Ladik Lâdik or Inanjids was a Anatolian beylik with its capital in Denizli. It was one of the frontier principalities established by Oghuz Turkish clans after the decline of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm...	1428
Kutluşah	Amasya Amasya - History :Its location in this steep valley makes the city a mountain stronghold, easy to defend, and thus Amasya has had a long and prominent history.-Antiquity:...	1381
Tacettinoğulları	Niksar Niksar Niksar is a city in Tokat Province, Turkey. It has been settled by many empires over the centuries, and it was once the capital city of the province.At 350 m...	1415
Taşanoğulları	Merzifon Merzifon Merzifon is a town and district in Amasya Province in the central Black Sea region of Turkey. It covers an area of 970 km², and the population is 69,237 of which 52,947 live in the town of Merzifon, the remainder spread throughout the surrounding countryside...	1398

All of the beyliks were incorporated in the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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