The city of Ağın was initially founded by Armenians who had migrated there from Iran. In 1896, the city was evenly divided between Muslims and Armenians. The city was recognized for its wealth and had previously escaped the 1895-1896 Hamidian massacres through a ransom payment by the Armenians of 1500 Turkish gold pounds.[3]
On September 15, 1896, three weeks after the raid of the Ottoman Bank by ArmenianDashnaks as a response to the Hamidian massacres, Turkish authorities organized a new massacre in the city of Ağın. Ottoman troops killed "upwards of 2000 Armenians" including "many women and children" according to a report by the French Ambassador.[3] Of the 1500 houses located in the Armenian quarter of Ağın, 980 were pillaged and burned. According to a report by the British Consul at Harput, the pretext used to attack the city's Armenian quarter was that the Armenians of the said city were "set to cause trouble". The same report by the Consul said that there were no revolutionary movement whatever and no powder magazine exploded during the massacre. A few pistols and revolvers were found in the ruins of the burnt houses.[3]
Accessedit
Access to Ağın from the province center Elazığ was provided in the past by Karamağara Bridge, a Romanarch bridge in 10 km (6.2 mi) distance spanning the Arapgir Creek. The bridge was dismantled, and its ashlar were moved to Elazığ Museum when the flooding of the Keban Dam reservoir began in 1974. Ağın was accessible only by ferryboat over a period of forty years before the Ağın Bridge was built and opened to traffic in 2015.[4][5][6] The newly built bridge is also named the "Ağın (Karamağara) Bridge" in remembrance of the non-existing old bridge.[4]
Quartersedit
The town Ağın consists of the following quarters:[7]
Akpınar
Başpınar
Merkez
Şenpınar
Referencesedit
^ ab"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ abcDadrian, Vahakn N. (2003). The History of the Armenian Genocide. Berghahn Books. p. 146. ISBN1-57181-666-6.
^ ab"Türkiye'nin en uzun dördüncü asma köprüsü tamamlandı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
^. Haber Elazığ (in Turkish). 2015-10-26. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
^. Kanal 23 (in Turkish). 2013-03-23. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
^Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
January 20, 2024
ağın, town, elazığ, province, turkey, seat, district, population, 2021, mayor, yılmaz, serttaş, from, nationalist, movement, party, municipalitylocation, turkeycoordinates, 94222, 71556, 94222, 71556countryturkeyprovinceelazığdistrictgovernment, mayoryılmaz, s. Agin is a town of Elazig Province of Turkey It is the seat of Agin District 2 Its population is 1 818 2021 1 The mayor is Yilmaz Serttas from the Nationalist Movement Party AginMunicipalityAginLocation in TurkeyCoordinates 38 56 32 N 38 42 56 E 38 94222 N 38 71556 E 38 94222 38 71556CountryTurkeyProvinceElazigDistrictAginGovernment MayorYilmaz Serttas MHP Population 2021 1 1 818Time zoneTRT UTC 3 Postal code23960ClimateCsaWebsitewww wbr agin wbr bel wbr tr Contents 1 History 2 Access 3 Quarters 4 ReferencesHistory editThe city of Agin was initially founded by Armenians who had migrated there from Iran In 1896 the city was evenly divided between Muslims and Armenians The city was recognized for its wealth and had previously escaped the 1895 1896 Hamidian massacres through a ransom payment by the Armenians of 1500 Turkish gold pounds 3 On September 15 1896 three weeks after the raid of the Ottoman Bank by Armenian Dashnaks as a response to the Hamidian massacres Turkish authorities organized a new massacre in the city of Agin Ottoman troops killed upwards of 2000 Armenians including many women and children according to a report by the French Ambassador 3 Of the 1500 houses located in the Armenian quarter of Agin 980 were pillaged and burned According to a report by the British Consul at Harput the pretext used to attack the city s Armenian quarter was that the Armenians of the said city were set to cause trouble The same report by the Consul said that there were no revolutionary movement whatever and no powder magazine exploded during the massacre A few pistols and revolvers were found in the ruins of the burnt houses 3 Access editAccess to Agin from the province center Elazig was provided in the past by Karamagara Bridge a Roman arch bridge in 10 km 6 2 mi distance spanning the Arapgir Creek The bridge was dismantled and its ashlar were moved to Elazig Museum when the flooding of the Keban Dam reservoir began in 1974 Agin was accessible only by ferryboat over a period of forty years before the Agin Bridge was built and opened to traffic in 2015 4 5 6 The newly built bridge is also named the Agin Karamagara Bridge in remembrance of the non existing old bridge 4 Quarters editThe town Agin consists of the following quarters 7 Akpinar Baspinar Merkez SenpinarReferences edit a b Address based population registration system ADNKS results dated 31 December 2021 XLS in Turkish TUIK Retrieved 20 December 2022 Ilce Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory Retrieved 20 December 2022 a b c Dadrian Vahakn N 2003 The History of the Armenian Genocide Berghahn Books p 146 ISBN 1 57181 666 6 a b Turkiye nin en uzun dorduncu asma koprusu tamamlandi Hurriyet in Turkish 2015 10 20 Retrieved 2016 08 13 Agin Koprusu Trafige Acildi Haber Elazig in Turkish 2015 10 26 Archived from the original on 2016 11 05 Retrieved 2016 08 13 Agin koprusu ne zaman bitecek Kanal 23 in Turkish 2013 03 23 Archived from the original on 2016 08 20 Retrieved 2016 08 13 Mahalle Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory Retrieved 20 December 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Agin amp oldid 1170373379, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
