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Kuşçayırı, Ilgaz

village in Ilgaz, Çankırı, north-central Turkey

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 12, 2025
Entity authorityQ2470725 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kuşçayırı is a village in the Ilgaz District of Çankırı Province in Turkey. Its population is 173 (2021).

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Kuşçayırı, Ilgaz” is village in Ilgaz, Çankırı, north-central Turkey. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kuşçayırı, Ilgaz and village, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Kuşçayırı, Ilgaz and village is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village in Ilgaz, Çankırı, north-central Turkey” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2470725. Authority coordinates are 40.860, 33.644. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kuşçayırı, Ilgaz”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kuşçayırı, Ilgaz primary sources, Kuşçayırı, Ilgaz archive and Kuşçayırı research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kuşçayırı, Ilgaz”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kuşçayırı, Ilgaz” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.