Population On the eve of World War I, 35,825 Armenians lived in 32 localities of this kaza, which was about half of the total population.[1] They possessed 36 churches, one monastery, and 22 schools with an enrolment of approximately 5,000 pupils.[2] At the beginning of the 20th century, the Armenian churches of Surb Minas and Surb Astvadzadzin (Holy Mother of God) were located in the village of Boğazlıyan, which had about 2,000 Armenian inhabitants. They were engaged in agriculture, cattle breeding and handicrafts. There was a church-school in the village.[3] “The recently founded village [of Boğazlıyan] in which the prefect resided, (…) lay [...]
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Kaza Yozgat / Bozok / Γιωσγάτη – Yozgati / Յոզղաթ – Yozghat’
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Yozgat Armenian Population In 1914, 13,696 Armenians lived in four localities of the district of Yozgat, which at that time belonged to the province of Ankara. They maintained five churches and six schools with an enrolment of 3,300 pupils.[1] Destruction On 8 August 1915, four hundred seventy-one Armenian notables from Yozgat were arrested and deported. Soon afterwards, a second group made up of 300 men was sent to Dere Mumlu, a spot some four hours from the town, and liquidated.[2] Almost all Armenians of the sancak of Yozgat were massacred or deported. The genocide in this sancak was [...]
Sancak of Yozgat / Bozok / Γιωσγάτη – Yozgati
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Yozgat “At an altitude of 1,500 meters and furrowed by valleys, the sancak of Yozgat was famous for the fertility of its land.”[1] Toponym The old name of the town Yozgat (also called Yuzgat) is Bozok. Administration At around 1911, Yozgat was the chief town of a sancak of the same name in the Ankara Vilayet. Population “The sancak of Yozgat has 29,000 Gregorian [Armenian Apostolic], 1,500 Catholic and 500 Protestant Armenians in addition to 243,000 Mohammedans.”[2] The Armenian population of the sancak Yozgat, “much more rural than elsewhere in the vilayet [of Ankara] lived in nearly 50 villages concentrated in [...]
Sancak of Kayseri / Καισάρεια – Kaisareia / Caesarea / Կեսարիա – Kesaria
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Kayseri Administration The sancak of Kayseri comprised the three kazas of Kayseri, Incesu and Karahisar-Develi (Everek/Develi). Toponym Caesarea (Grk.: Καισάρεια) was historically known as Mazaka (ancient Grk.: Μάζακα; Armenian: 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 him.[1] Καππαδοκία / Cappadocia / Gamirk’ Cappadocia is a historical region in East Asia Minor, mentioned in ancient Armenian sources as Gamirk’. It is also referred to in the Bible as [...]
Kaza Nallıhan
Nallihan (source: http://www.eskiturkiye.net/1557/nallihan-ankara#lg=0&slide=0) The district, through which the Sakarya River flows, has a lively relief with mountains and valleys. The mountains in the south and east of the district are mostly bare, towards the west and north the forestation increases with coniferous forests and oak stands. The economy of the district is agricultural. Significant branches are especially beekeeping, silkworm breeding and the cultivation of legumes, vegetables and fruits. Nallıhan is known for the carpets and woven kilims knotted there, as well as for embroidery and wire filigree work Toponym The name derives from a caravanserai (Trk.: han) built by the later Grand Vizier Gümülcineli [...]