Monday 16 September 2013

Percentage of geographical name changes in Turkey from 1916 onwards


Percentage of geographical name changes in Turkey from 1916 onwards
ProvinceNumberProvinceNumberProvinceNumberProvinceNumberProvinceNumber
Erzurum653Kastamonu295Giresun167Amasya99Denizli53
Mardin647Gaziantep279Zonguldak156Kütahya93Burdur49
Diyarbakır555Tunceli273Bursa136Yozgat90Niğde48
Van415Bingöl247Ordu134Afyon88Uşak47
Sivas406Tokat245Hakkari128Kayseri86Isparta46
Kars398Bitlis236Hatay117Manisa83Kırşehir39
Siirt392Konya236Sakarya117Çankırı76Kırklareli35
Trabzon390Adıyaman224Mersin112Eskişehir70Bilecik32
Şanlıurfa389Malatya217Balıkesir110Muğla70Kocaeli26
Elazığ383Ankara193Kahramanmaraş105Aydın69Nevşehir24
Ağrı374Samsun185Rize105Izmir68Istanbul21
Erzincan366Bolu182Çorum103Sinop59Edirne20
Gümüşhane343Adana169Artvin101Çanakkale53Tekirdağ19
Muş297Antalya168

Notable geographical name changes[edit source | editbeta]

Armenian[edit source | editbeta]

Armenian geographical locations were first abolished under the reign of Sultan Abdulhamit II. In 1880, the word Armenia was banned from use in the press, schoolbooks, and governmental establishments, and was subsequently replaced with words like Anatolia or Kurdistan.[38][39][40][41][42] Armenian name changing continued under the early Republican era up until the 21st century. It included the Turkification of last nameschange of animal names,[43] change of the names of Armenian historical figures (i.e. the name of the prominent Balyan family was concealed under the identity of a superficial Italian family called Baliani),[44][45] and the change and distortion of Armenian historical events.[46]
Most Armenian geographical names were in the eastern provinces of the Ottoman empire. Villages, settlements, or towns that contain the suffix -kert, meaning built or built by (i.e. Manavazkert (today Malazgirt), NorakertDikranagertNoyakert), -shen, meaning village (i.e. AratashenPemzashenNorashen), and -van, meaning town (i.e. CharentsavanNakhichevanTatvan), signify an Armenian name.[7] Throughout Ottoman history, Turkish and Kurdish tribesmen have settled into Armenian villages and changed the native Armenian names (i.e. the Armenian Norashen was changed to Norşin). This was especially true after the Armenian genocide, when much of eastern Turkey was depopulated of its Armenian population.[7]
It is estimated by etymologist and author Sevan Nişanyan that 3, 600 Armenian geographical locations have been changed.[14]
Armenian geographical names renamed in Turkey
Notable name changes of Armenian geographical locations:[47][48]
Armenian nameNamed changed to:Notes
GovdunGoydunArmenian: "House of cows"
AghtamarAkdamarArmenian: from the folkloric legend "Aghtamar".[49]
Turkish: White vein
AknEğinArmenian: "Fountain"[50]
ManavazkertMalazgirtArmenian: "City of Menua" (named after Urartian king Menua)
VostanGevaşArmenian: "Belongs to King"
Kayl KetKelkit RiverArmenian: "Wolf River".[51] The village of Kelkit in the
Gümüşhane Province also gets its name from the Kelkit River.
NorashenGüroymakArmenian: "New city". A proposal has been introduced to
restore its former name. The Kurdish community of Güroymak
claim it is a Kurdish native name called "Norşin".[36]
ZeytunSuleymanliArmenian: "Olive". Turkish: named after Turkish general
Suleyman who captured the village in 1915.[52]
SassounSasonArmenian: from the folkloric legend "Sanasar"
ÇermukÇermikArmenian: "Hot springs"
KhachkarKaçkarArmenian: Khachkar or cross-stone.[53][54]
EverekDeveliDerives from the Armenian word Averag meaning ruins.
KarpertHarput later ElâzığArmenian: "Rock fortress"
AniAnı[55]Historical capital of Bagratuni Armenia. Turkish: "Memory"[56]
SevaveragSiverekArmenian: "Black ruins"
Chabakchur (Çabakçur)BingölArmenian: "rough waters". Turkish: "Thousand lakes".
Çabakçur was used until 1944.
Kurds refer to the city as Çolig.
MetskertMazgirtArmenian: "Big city"
PertakPertekArmenian: "Small castle"

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