View of Sivrihisar (source: Pierre Eugène Grandsire – Le Tour du Monde, Vol. 3, 1861, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sivrihisar?uselang=de#/media/File:Le_Tour_du_monde-03-p153.jpg) “Located in the middle of a vast plateau in the southwestern part of the sancak, Sivrihisar nestles in a loop of the Sakaria.”[1] Toponym The Greek toponym Spaleía (‘arbors’), first documented in the year 610, was the original name of the district’s administrative center Sivrihisar.[2] During Roman rule, the town was called Justinianoupolis. The town of Sivrihisar lies 13 km north of the historical site of Pessinus (today the village Ballıhisar), at the foot of a high double-peaked ridge of granite, which bears the ruins of a Byzantine castle, [...]
Archives: Regions
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Kaza Stanoz / Istanos / Istanoz / Zyr / Zir
General view of Stanoz at the Zir/Ova River (Read more at: https://www.aravot-en.am/2019/10/21/243310/ © 1998 – 2021 Aravot – Armenian News/ ) Located in the remote Zir/Çubuk valley, the kaza’s administrative seat Stanoz was once a prosperous Armenian village. In 2020, the Turkish traveler Argun Konuk (b. 1995) described the current state of affairs: “With the exception of an old stone bridge, some humanmade caves and an old Armenian cemetery, however, nothing remains of the village. Since World War I, illegal treasure hunting, dilapidation caused by time and frequent floods in the valley have decimated much of what was left of Stanoz. [...]
Kaza Ankara / Angora
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Ankara Armenian Population of the kaza of Ankara On the eve of the First World War, there lived 11,319 Armenians in two localities of the kaza of Angora, maintaining 72 churches and 15 schools with an enrolment of 2,000 pupils.[1] History: Galatian republic, Roman province “Its ancient name of Galatia came from the Gauls who passed through Asia in the year 278 BC, and founded a republic there. Defeated later by the Romans, they preserved at first a kind of independence, and were governed according to their own laws under an appearance of republican form. After the [...]
Sancak of Ankara / Angora
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Ankara Administration The town of Ankara became part of the Ottoman state in 1361 or perhaps in 1354. It was the first capital (paşa sancak) of the Anatolia Eyalet from its formation in the late 14th century until the late 15th century, when it was moved to Kütahya. The sancak of Ankara remained part of Anatolia Eyalet until the latter’s dissolution ca. 1841–46, when it became the seat of the new Ankara Eyalet. This was merged into the Bozok Eyalet in 1849, but Ankara remained the capital, and after 1852 the province was once more [...]
Kaza Eleşkirt / Ալաշկերտ – Alashkert
Eleşkirt / Alashkert(Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ele%C5%9Fkirt#/media/Datei:Z%C3%AAdka_(Ele%C5%9Fkirt),_Agir%C3%AE.jpg) Population The kaza’s population consisted mainly of Armenians and Kurds. The population engaged in cattle breeding and agriculture. They mainly cultivated grain crops, most of which were sold to the residents of Bitlis and Van. According to the census of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, there lived 9,914 Armenians in 12 localities of the kaza of Eleşkirt on the eve of WW1. They maintained 13 churches, one monastery (Surb Hovhannes; Trk.: Üçkilise), and eleven schools with an enrolment of 960 pupils.[1] As of 1903, other sources mention 32 Armenian churches in the kaza.[2] Settlements with Armenian population Ալաշկերտ (Թոփրակկալե, վարչական կենտրոն), [...]