Toponym The former toponym Larende derives from ancient Greek Laranda (Λάρανδα), which in turn comes from the Luwian language Larawanda, literally ‘a sandy place’. Fortress of Karaman (source: https://www.eskiturkiye.net/arama/Karaman) History In the 6th century B.C. Laranda in Lycaonia came under Achaemenid rule until 322 B.C., when it was destroyed by Perdiccas, a former general of Alexander the Great, after he had defeated Ariarathes, king of Cappadocia. It later became a seat of Isaurian pirates. At some point it was possessed by Antipater of Derbe. It belonged to the Roman and later Byzantine Empire until it was captured by the Seljuks in the early 12th century. During [...]
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Kaza of Konya / Ἰκόνιον – Ikónion /Iconium / Կուվանա – Kuvana / Կոնիա – Konia
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Konya City of Konya / Iconium The city’s industries include food, leather, textiles, cement, and carpetweaving. It is the trade center of a rich agricultural and livestock-raising area (wheat, barley, sugarbeets, sheep, Angora goats) and has trade in grain and wool. Mercury and magnesite are mined in the region. Manufactures include cement, carpets, and leather, cotton, and silk goods. Armenian of Konya, ca. 1880 (source: Photographies arméniennes: Scènes et Portraits 1880-1930, réunies et commentées par Pierre Ter-Sarkissian, Jean-Claude Kebabdjian et Michel Pazoumian. Paris 1983, p. 35) Population In 1890, out of a total of 44,000 residents of Konya [...]
Sancak of Konya / Ἰκόνιον – Ikónion /Iconium / Կուվանա – Kuvana / Կոնիա – Konia
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Konya Administration The sancak of Konya was subdivided into the eight kazas of Konya, Akşehir, Seydişehir, Ilgın, Bozkır, Karaman, Ereğli, and Karapınar. History The Konya region has been inhabited since the 3rd millennium B.C. and was ruled by various civilizations such as Hittite, Phrygian, Persian, Hellenistic and Roman ones. Konya was known as Iconium during classical antiquity. In the 11th century the Seljuk Turks conquered the area and began ruling over its Rûm (‘Roman’, i.e. Byzantine) inhabitants making Konya the capital of their new Sultanate of Rum. Under the Seljuks, the city reached the height of its [...]
Kaza of Everek / Develi
Toponym and Administration The village was first mentioned in writing in 1254 as Dâvâlı. Today’s Deverek was formed by uniting the villages of Develi (also Develu), Everek and Fenese and was declared a county in 1860. Population Armenian family from Fenese (Everek, Kayseri) “Five hours southwest of Kayseri, on the southern slope of Mt. Argus, there was still in the early twentieth century a little cluster of 17 localities inhabited by 19,841 Armenians. The principal town of the kaza of Everek/Develi, Everek-Fenese, was in fact an agglomeration of two villages that had merged over the years. There were 8,305 Armenians there in 1914, including [...]
Kaza of Kayseri / Caesarea
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Kayseri Kayseri, 1880s (Collection Pierre de Gigord; source: http://www.eskiturkiye.net/52/kayseri-pierre-de-gigord-koleksiyonu#lg=0&slide=0) Mazaka / Caesarea / Kayseri City Caesarea was an important trading center on the ancient Silk Road and home to many early Christian saints, such as the Basil of Caesarea, Andreas of Caesarea & Emmelia of Caesarea. Toponym Caesarea (Grk.: Καισάρεια) was historically known as Mazaka (ancient Grk.: Μάζακα; Armenian: Մաժաք Majak‘). The Armenian historiographer Movses of Khorene (Movses Khorenatsi) derives the toponym from Armenian ‘Mshak’, the name of a semi-legendary Armenian governor, who, according to Khorenatsi, built a dormitory here, covered it with walls and named it after [...]