Administration In 1864, the region of Ayaş became a kaza in the sancak of Angora. Destruction “Ayaş, which (…) is located near the Sincanköy railroad station, 15 kilometers from the Armenian village of Stanoz and some 50 kilometers west of Angora, was chosen as the place of imprisonment for the Armenian political elite of Istanbul – some 120 to 150 people. The prisoners arrived in Ayaş in several waves, after a stay – short or long, depending on the prisoner – in Istanbul’s central prison.”[1] Grigoris Balakian: The Tragic End of the Deportee Friends in Ayash Armenian Golgotha: The memoirs of the survivor Grigoris Balakian [...]
Archives: Regions
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Sancak Kırşehir
Ruins of the “three-footed” (Trk.: Üçayak), two-nave, late Byzantine church of Taburoğlu (near Kırşehir) from the 10th/11th century ; source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9C%C3%A7ayak_Kilisesi) Administration After the reorganization of the Ottoman provinces in the 19th century and the dissolution of the Eyâlet Anadolu, Kırşehir was the center of a sancak attached to the Eyâlet/Vilâyet Ankara (Angora) or Bozok. The capital of this province alternated between Ankara and Yozgat, whose territory bore the old name Bozok. Toponym The Turkish toponym ‘Kır Şehri’ means ‘steppe’ or ‘prairie city’. In the past Kırşehir was identified with the early Byzantine city Mokisos (also Mokissos or Mokessos) in southwestern Cappadocia, which probably [...]
Kaza Akdağmadeni / Ακντάγ Μαντέν – Akdağmanten
Akmagdeni (1953; source: http://www.eskiturkiye.net/2743/akdagmadeni-yozgat-1953#lg=0&slide=0) Administration The village Akdağmadeni was elevated to Kaza Merkezi (county center) in 1871 and thus became a city. Toponym Both the Greek (Ἀργυρίων – Argyríōn) and the present Turkish place name refer to the mining history of the region. Population The district Akdağmadeni belonged to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chaldea. The population of the administrative seat Akdağmadeni prior to 1923 was made up of 8,000 people, 5,000 of whom were Greek.[1] “The 3,361 Armenians from Akdağmaden lived mainly in Akdağ, the seat of the kaza (pop. 1,300), Delihamza (pop. 250), and Karaçayer (pop. 300).”[2] They possessed three churches and six schools with [...]
Kaza Sungurlu / Σουγγουρλού – Soungourlou
Sungurlu, Clock Tower (source: http://www.eskiturkiye.net/247/sungurlu-saat-kulesi-corum#lg=0&slide=0) Population “The main Armenian community in Süngürlü, 1,000 strong, was to be found in the principal town of the kaza, located at its the southernmost tip. There were a few other small, dispersed groups in the kaza, bringing the total Armenian population to 1,936.”[1] In 1872-73, there were 310 Armenian households in the village of Sungurlu, 250 Turkish and 30 Greek households.[2] In 1914, the Armenians of Sungurlu possessed one church (Surb Astvadzadzin – Holy Mother of God) and two schools with an enrolment of 170 pupils.[3] Armenians were engaged in crafts, art and agriculture, especially blacksmithing and [...]
Kaza Çorum / Չորում – Chorum / Τσορούμ – Tsoroum
Toponym The name Çorum is of Armenian origin and can be traced in Ottoman documents from the 16th century.[1] The medieval Greek placename was Ευχάνεια (Euchaneia). History The history of the area around the present-day city goes back to the Paleolithic ages, with small settlements and tools from the era variously having been excavated over the past century. The town also seems to have been an Assyrian trading post acting as a connection between Anatolia and Mesopotamia between 1950 and 1850 BC. The city and surrounding area rose to prominence with the emergence of the Hittite Empire between 1650-1200 BC, under the patronage of which [...]