Its name comes from the town of Eskişehir (Tr: ‘old city’), which was called Dorylaion (Gr: Δορύλαιον) in ancient times. Dorylaion, which was mentioned on the occasion of the clash of Lysimaxos and Makedonian satrap and later king Antigonos I, one of the earliest commanders of Alexander the Great (Diodorus Siculus Bibl. H. 20.108), did not preserve its name since it was partially or completely abandoned during the Seljuk conquest in the late twelfth century. Since 1484, the Turkish name Eskişehir is documented.[1] After the Ottoman expansion into the area, the region was made into a sancak in the Anatolia (Tr: [...]
Archives: Regions
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Sancak Afyonkarahisar / Nikopolis
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial (Berlin): Commemorative Plate for Afyonkarahisar (Nikopolis) [...]
Nahiye Koronixa (Κορόνιξα) / Koroxena / Arpalı
Village Koronixa (today Arpali): The belltower of the Greek Orthodox church (19th century), converted into a mosque. The Index Anatolicus notes that the town of Korónixa (Gr: Κορόνιξα) was named Koróxena (Κορόξενα) until 1895. Until the forced Greek-Turkish population exchange, the large municipality consisted of nine quarters. In 1928 the name was changed to Görükse. In the 1840s, part of the Greek Orthodox population emigrated to Bolaman, Fatsa and Habsamana, from where they continued their migration to Adapazarı.(1) Emigration from Chaldia Situated near to the metallurgic center of Gümüşhane (Gr: Argyroupolis), the population of Koronixa took part in the Greek emigration from this area, [...]
Kaza Torul / Ardasa – Ardassa – Άρδασα
Residents of the Atalar Village in the Torul district demand the restoration of the historical Aydinlar Greek Orthodox Church for religious tourism, 2020 (source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/locals-want-historical-aydinlar-church-to-reopen-for-religious-tourism-157373) Toponym Around the year 350 BC Xenophon called the region surrounding the Torul River Drílai. The district centre was known as Ardas(s)a (Άρδασα) until the middle of the 20th century; the Turkish toponym Torul has been documented since the year 1515. Population At the end of the 19th century, more than half of the population of the kaza Torul was Greek. [...]
Sancak Gümüşhane / Argyroupolis – Αργυρούπολη
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial (Berlin): Plate for Gümüşhane (Gr: Argyroupolis) Toponym The ancient name of the region, which includes the kazas of Gümüşhane and Torul, is Chaldia (Arm.: Xağdik [Xaltik], Խաղտիք); Byzantium’s Chaldia province (theme) emerged in the 9th century. The Greek name is widely used until the beginning of the 20th century; it is sometimes heard in Turkish. The name of the people who gave the country its name and has been famous for mining from a long time ago is called Khalyb- with the Georgian + ib plural in Homer and Xenophon, and Khaldi with the plural adjective suffix in Armenian [...]