Kaza Inegöl

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The Bursa Road of Inegöl (1931)

The Greek place name Angelokome is documented for the year 1308, when one of the old Byzantine tekfur was commissioned as a guardian and was mentioned as tekfur. The Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi (1611-1683) believed that the place name Inegöl, which has been documented since 1484, is a corruption of the first two syllables of the older Greek toponym. Vegetable growing is the main income of the population. Vegetable growing is the main income of the population.[1]

Armenian Population

“A heavily wooded region lying about 40 kilometers east of Bursa, halfway between Bursa and Bilecik, the kaza of Inegöl had, in 1914, two Armenian villages, Yenice (pop. 2,000) and Ceran (pop. 2,500).”[2] Their deportation took place on August 15, 1915.