Toponym In the tablets belonging to the Assyrian period, the name ‘Ki-li-zi’ is written in cuneiform and a city named as ‘Ciliza Sive Urnagiganti’ during the Roman Empire period is mentioned. The name Kilis is first used in Arabic writings in the 10th century and is derived from the name for ‘church’. Population At the end of the 19 century, the population of Kilis was 20,000. Kilis then was a city in which production, commerce and cultural functions were developed. It was also a center in which agricultural products (such as grapes, cereals etc.) cultivated in nearly 500 villages around it was processed [...]
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Sancak Antep / عينتاب – ʿAyintāb – Ayntab / عنتاب -ʿAntāb / Այնթապ – Ayntap
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Antep / Ayntap Toponym “Some believe that Armenians who immigrated from the Ayntap settlement of Alashkert valley called it that way.”[1] Administration The sancak of Antep consisted of the two kazas Antep (also: Ayntab, Ayntap, Aintab, Aintap) and Kilis. After the First World War, Ayntab was part of Syria according to the Treaty of Sèvres; but the success of Turkish War of Independence, Maraş, Antep and Urfa sancaks of former Aleppo Vilayet remained in Turkey after 1921. History A large part of the Ottoman sancak of Antep used to be part of the Cilician Armenian state. Population According to Ottoman sources, Armenians [...]
Adana Vilayet (Province) / Ἄδανα / Ադանա
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative plate for Adana Map of the Adana Province (1892; Vital Cuinet; source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adana_Vilayet#/media/File:CUINET(1892)_2.017_Adana_Vilayet.jpg) The Ottoman province of Adana corresponded roughly to the historical landscape of Cilicia (see also below). Cilicia or ‘New (Little) Armenia’ is a 50,000 square kilometer area between the Tauros, Anti-Tauros and Amanos Mountains. The region is divided into the mountainous Upper Cilicia in the west and the Lower Cilicia in the east, which lies only 150 to 200 meters above sea level and is the most fertile region of Asia Minor. In this climatically protected area, cotton, sesame and olive trees thrive in [...]
The Black Sea, Marmara and Aegean Littorals; Eastern Thrace and Central Anatolia
Kaza Hizan / Խիզան – Khizan
Situated south of Lake Van and in the south-eastern part of the Bitlis province, the administrative center of Hizan is located 35 km southeast of the provincial capital Bitlis. The Hizan River, a tributary of the Eastern Tigris, flowed through the kaza. The northern-southern parts are mountainous, while the southern-western parts are plain. The soil in the plains was fertile. Subsequently, Hizan was rich in fertile agricultural fields. Armenians cultivated grain crops there (wheat, barley, millet), grapes, cotton, and fruit trees (chestnut, oak, etc.). The region has rich vegetation and forests, full of wild beasts. There were silver, copper, lead, iron [...]