Çaykent is a village in the Çayırlı District, Erzincan Province, Turkey. The village had a population of 201 in 2022.
The hamlet of Beyinağılı is attached to it.
Population
History During the Ottoman-Russian War of 1828-1829, Russia invaded Eastern Anatolia, and after the war, the Russians took possibly 100,000 Armenians back with them to Russian territory, including 47 households from the Tercan area, especially from Pekeriç (Çadırkaya), Piriz (Çaykent), and Zağgeri (Büklümdere).
In 1835, Piriz (Çaykent) was part of the Tercan District. The male population of Piriz at that time was 47 Muslims and 84 non-Muslims, for a total of 131 males.
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