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VAN, Turkey (A.W.)—The Van Metropolitan Municipal Council restored the old names of 704 neighborhoods, Turkish newspapers reported.

The municipality has said that it will use these old names in its official documents. In each local municipality research was conducted to identify the old names of the neighborhoods.

In»Ba?kale 81 villages and neighborhoods received their old names back; in ?ald?ran 86; in ?atak 34; in Edremit 18; in Erci? 105; in Geva? 37; in G?rp?nar 174; in ?pekyolu 50; in Muradiye 41; in ?zalp 53; and inside the city proper 25.

The decision was approved by members of the council who were from the pro-Kurdish party as well as the ruling party. Reportedly, village signs will also be changed and include the Kurdish and Armenian names.

Before the Genocide, there were around 90,000 Armenians living in 350 villages in what is today the province of Van, according to Les Arm?niens dans l’Empire Ottoman ? la veille du g?nocide by historians Raymond Kevorkian and Paul Paboudjian. There were 382 churches and 65 monasteries in the area.

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VAN, Turkey (A.W.)—The Van Metropolitan Municipal Council restored the old names of 704 neighborhoods, Turkish newspapers reported. Sign in Armenian in the town of Edremit in Van (Photo by Khatchig Mouradian) The municipality has said that it will use these old names in its official documents. In each local municipality research was conducted to identify the old names of the neighborhoods. In»Ba?kale 81 villages and neighborhoods received their old names back; in ?ald?ran 86; in ?atak 34; in Edremit 18; in Erci? 105; in Geva? 37; in G?rp?nar 174; in ?pekyolu 50; in Muradiye 41; in ?zalp 53; and inside the city proper 25. The decision was approved by members of the council who were from the pro-Kurdish party as well as the ruling party. Reportedly, village signs will also be changed and include the Kurdish and Armenian names. Before the Genocide, there were around 90,000 Armenians living in 350 villages in what is today the province of Van, according to Les Arm?niens dans l’Empire Ottoman ? la veille du g?nocide by historians Raymond Kevorkian and Paul Paboudjian. There were 382 churches and 65 monasteries in the area.

The post Armenian and Kurdish Village Names Restored in Van appeared first on Armenian Weekly.


VAN, Turkey (A.W.)—The Van Metropolitan Municipal Council restored the old names of 704 neighborhoods, Turkish newspapers reported. Sign in Armenian in the town of Edremit in Van (Photo by Khatchig Mouradian) The municipality has said that it will use these old names in its official documents. In each local municipality research was conducted to identify the old names of the neighborhoods. In»Ba?kale 81 villages and neighborhoods received their old names back; in ?ald?ran 86; in ?atak 34; in Edremit 18; in Erci? 105; in Geva? 37; in G?rp?nar 174; in ?pekyolu 50; in Muradiye 41; in ?zalp 53; and inside the city proper 25. The decision was approved by members of the council who were from the pro-Kurdish party as well as the ruling party. Reportedly, village signs will also be changed and include the Kurdish and Armenian names. Before the Genocide, there were around 90,000 Armenians living in 350 villages in what is today the province of Van, according to Les Arm?niens dans l’Empire Ottoman ? la veille du g?nocide by historians Raymond Kevorkian and Paul Paboudjian. There were 382 churches and 65 monasteries in the area.

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