Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Erzurum / Karin / Theodosioupolis Situated in High Armenia (Բարձր Հայք – Bardzr Hayk’/Hayq) of Greater Armenia (Armenia Maior), in its eastern part, in the upper reaches of the Euphrates River, the sancak of Erzurum roughly corresponded to the plain of Erzurum. The sancak was surrounded by the Antipontic Mountains to the north, the Bingöl Mountains to the south, and the Tsiranyats Mountains to the east. The region is water-rich, the river network belonging to the Euphrates, which, in its upper course, passing through the sancak, turned a large area north of the city [...]
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Kaza Vezirköprü / Βεζίρκιοπρου – Vezirkioprou
Toponym The original name of the kaza‘s seat being Andrapa (Ἄνδραπα). The toponym changed after the last Pontian king Mithridates (Mithradates) VI was defeated by the Romans. Pompey the Great then founded a ‘new city’, Neapolis (Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις), which later changed its name again to Neoklaudioupolis (Νεοκλαυδιούπολις) or Neoclaudiopolis in Latin, the forerunner of modern Vezirköprü. History At the breakup of Alexander the Great‘s empire the Vezirköprü region became part of the kingdom of Pontos with its capital at Amaseia (Amasya), later at Sinope (Sinop). In late antiquity, the town returned to its original name, Andrapa (Ἄνδραπα), and became a bishopric. It [...]
Kaza Gümüşhacıköy
Toponym The placename Gümüşhacıköy is an amalgamation of two separate villages Gümüş (silver) and Hacıköy (the village of pilgrims). History The town achieved some prosperity during the 13th and 14th centuries due to the nearby silver mines. Both the Seljuks and the Ilkhans minted coins in the town, then known as Gümüşbazar (Arabic: كمشبازار). The town grew and continued to thrive under Ottoman rule. The population shrank as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and many men of Gümüşhacıköy were lost in the Balkan Wars and the First World War. Armenian Population and Its Destruction “In 1914, the 4,064 Armenians of the kaza of Gümüşhacıköy all lived in [...]
Kaza Merzifon / Մարզուան – Marzovan / Marzvan / Μερζιφούντα – Merzifounta
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Merzifon The administrative seat of the kaza was located between the Alis and Yeşilırmak (Grk.: Iris) rivers, 60 km north-west of Amasya, at the foot of the mountains, in a picturesque garden plain. Toponym The name of the city and the kaza of the same name was derived from the Persian title ‘Marsban’ (for district governor), or from Persian ‘mars’ (border) and Armenian ‘Van’ (‘city’), respectively. Alternative or older toponyms were: Theodosopolis, Marsova, Marsvan, Merzipun, Mezifon, Merzifun, Mersivun, Yushet. Historically, the settlement was known as the Pontic Phazemon (Grk: Φαζημὠν). In medieval Armenian sources the settlement is mentioned [...]
Kaza Amasya / Άμάσεια – Amáseia
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Amasya Greek Orthodox Population The Orthodox metropolis of Amaseia was active until the compulsory Population exchange between Greece and Turkey (1923) and in 1922 counted c. 40,000 Greek Orthodox Christians, 20,000 of them being Greek speakers. Last active metropolitan bishop was Germanos Karavang(g)elis. City of Amasya Christian Population From the 12th century the Christian element was reduced due to the Turkic migrations into Anatolia. At the beginning of the 20th century, Amasya’s population reached about 30,000 people, more than 35% of whom were Armenians.[1] Amasya (source: http://www.eskiturkiye.net/3019/amasya#lg=0&slide=0) Armenian family of Amasya (1913; archive: Center for Information and Documentation on Armenia [...]