Darende

Coordinates: 38°32′50″N 37°30′40″E / 38.54722°N 37.51111°E / 38.54722; 37.51111
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Darende
District and municipality
Map showing Darende District in Malatya Province
Map showing Darende District in Malatya Province
Darende is located in Turkey
Darende
Darende
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°32′50″N 37°30′40″E / 38.54722°N 37.51111°E / 38.54722; 37.51111
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMalatya
Government
 • Mayorİsa Özkan[1] (AKP)
Area
1,482 km2 (572 sq mi)
Elevation
958 m (3,143 ft)
Population
 (2022)[2]
24,588
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
44700
Area code0422
Websitewww.darende.bel.tr

Darende (Turkish: Darende [daɾændæ] ⓘ) is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 1,482 km2,[4] and its population is 24,588 (2022).[2] It lies 46 miles (74 km) to the northwest of Malatya,[5] 87 miles (140 km) south of Sivas,[6] 110 miles (180 km) east of Kayseri.[7]

History

Darende had been known by various names including Taranda/Daranda,[8] and Derindere.[9] It has been presumed that the district had been inhabited since 7000-5000 BC[10][9] due to the estimations made for the nearby archaeological sites such as Arslantepe[10] and Cafer Höyük.[11]

Hittites lion statues[12]

The first known administrative unit in Darende was reportedly established by

Eretnids, Dulkadirids, Mamluks and Ottomans.[9]

Due to the configuration of the natural canyons surrounding the district (e.g.

Egyptian Empire, had been using the district to access the south,[13] and Basil I had been carried out his expeditions against Muslims over the district.[14]

During the

Hellenistic Period
.

Habib ibn Maslama for a short period of time, and it was reconquered by the same commander during Mu'awiya I's reign around 653–654.[19] Between 7th and 12th centuries, the administration of the district had changed hands rather frequently; however, Darende seems not to be noted until, for the first time, Taranta had been registered as a bishop under the metropolitan bishop of Melitene in the 13th Notitiae Episcopatuum (12th century).[19]

Composition

There are 67

neighbourhoods in Darende District:[20]

  • Ağılbaşı
  • Ağılyazı
  • Akbaba
  • Akçatoprak
  • Akova
  • Aşağıulupınar
  • Ayvalı
  • Balaban
  • Barındır
  • Başkaya
  • Baytarbağı
  • Beybağı
  • Çaybaşı
  • Çınar
  • Çukurkaya
  • Gaziköy
  • Gökçeören
  • Gökyar
  • Göllüce
  • Güdül
  • Günerli
  • Günpınar
  • Hacı Derviş
  • Hacılar Şeyhli
  • Hacılar Sıragoz
  • Hacolar
  • Heyiketeği
  • Hisarcık
  • Hisarkale
  • İbrahimpaşa
  • Ilıca
  • Irmaklı
  • Kaldırım
  • Karabacak
  • Karabayır
  • Karaoğuz
  • Kavak
  • Kaynak
  • Kerimli
  • Kılıçbağı
  • Kölükler
  • Kurudere
  • Kuzpınar
  • Medişeyh
  • Mehmetpaşa
  • Mollauşağı
  • Nadir
  • Nurkuyusu
  • Ozan
  • Palanga
  • Sakarya
  • Sandıkkaya
  • Sayfiye
  • Şendere
  • Şuğul
  • Sungur
  • Üçpınar
  • Uzunhasan
  • Yarımca
  • Yavuzlar
  • Yazıköy
  • Yenice
  • Yeniköy
  • Yenipınar
  • Yeşiltaş
  • Yukarıulupınar
  • Zaviye

Demographics

Evliya Çelebi claimed that the town's population was wholly made up of Armenians and Turkomans at the time of his travels.[21]

Culture

Folk music

A metadata analysis on Turkish folk music in Darende has reported twelve ballads of the district:[22]

Darende ballads[22]
Ballad Turkish makam Compiler
Arpa derdim süt iken Hüseyni Muzaffer Sarısözen
Çık daldan erik devşir Uşşâk Nazmi Özalp
Değirmenin postu dar Hüseyni Muzaffer Sarısözen
Değirmen üstü çiçek Muhayyer Ahmet Yamacı/Turhan Karabulut
Dereden duman galktı Hüseyni Yücel Paşmakçı
Elinde de şişe Hüseyni Muzaffer Sarısözen
Eğer yârin sana yaran olursa Muhayyer Yücel Paşmakçı
Kırmızı gül goncasını Nikriz Turhan Karabulut
Sabahınan sabahınan Hüseyni Muzaffer Sarısözen
Su içtim yudum yudum Hüseyni Nazmi Özalp
Su gelir lüle lüle Muhayyer Muzaffer Sarısözen
Sarı çiçek sarardıyı dağları Hüseyni Nazmi Özalp

Language of Hazeyince

Within the circles of craftsman and little artisan of Darende, a

cryptolect (mini secret language) called Hazeyince/Hazeynce had been emerged and being used to date.[23]
The vocabulary of the cant fetched words from various languages such as Arabic, Persian and Russian, and merged into the Turkish grammar in order to exclude people outside of the circle during communications when necessary.[24]

Festivals

One of the traditional-summer festivals being held in Darende is the Zengibar Karakucak Wrestling Festival,[25] which is a Oguz-Turkic folk wrestling style.[26]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Darende Belediye Başkanı İsa Özkan". T.C. Darende Belediyesi (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ^
    TÜİK
    . Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Distance from Darende to Malatya". Distance Calculator. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Distance from Darende to Sivas". Distance Calculator. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Distance from Darende to Kayseri". Distance Calculator. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  8. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan. "Index Anatolicus: Darende". Nişanyan Yer Adları (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d Karacan, Osman; Kartal, Kâzım (2020). "1261 ve 1265 tarihli Darende cizye defterine göre gayrimüslimlerin sosyo-ekonomik yapısı". In Kartal, Kâzım (ed.). Tarih ve Toplum Araştırmaları (in Turkish). Sonçağ Akademi. pp. 103–124.
  10. ^ a b Elibüyük, Mesut (2013). "Malatya İli Yerleşmelerinin Tarihsel Dönemlere Göre Coğrafi Dağılışı". Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi (in Turkish). 53 (1): 198.
  11. ^ Karataş, İbrahim Atilla (2018). "Malatya'nın Turizm Potansiyelinin Ortaya Çıkarılmasına Yönelik Algılar". Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (in Turkish). 6: 92. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  12. ^ a b Elibüyük, Mesut (2013). "Malatya İli Yerleşmelerinin Tarihsel Dönemlere Göre Coğrafi Dağılışı". Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi (in Turkish). 53 (1): 198. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  13. ^ Oğuz, Mevlüt (1985). Malatya Tarihi (in Turkish). p. 68.
  14. doi:10.14225/Joh622
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  15. ^ Akgündüz, Ahmed; Öztürk, Said; Baş, Yaşar (2002). Darende Tarihi (in Turkish). İstanbul: Es-Seyyid Osman Hulusi Efendi Vakfı. pp. 58–68.
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  17. ^ Bell, Gertrude. "Photographs N_184". Gertrude Bell Archive. Newcastle University. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  18. ^ Kaplan, Deniz; Alkan, Ali; Koçak, Ethem (2021). "Kappadokia'da Bir Anıt: Ozan Köyü Anıt Mezarı ve Legio XII Fulminata". OLBA (in Turkish). XXIX: 279. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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    .
  20. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  21. ^ Evliyâ Çelebi Seyahatnâmesi: III. p. 202. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  22. ^ a b Karaburun, Derya (2011). Malatya yöresel müziğinin ilçelere göre dağilimi ve incelenmesi (Thesis) (in Turkish). İnönü Üniversitesi. pp. 47, 78.
  23. ^ Gülensoy, Tuncer (1988). "Darende'de konuşulan gizli dil üzerine notlar". II. Battal Gazi ve Malatya Çevresi Halk Kültürü Sempozyumu Tebliğler (in Turkish). İstanbul. pp. 136–139.
  24. ^ Gülseren, Cemil (2001). "Darende'nin Gizli Dili Hazeynce". Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (in Turkish). II (2): 159.
  25. ^ Solmaz, Fatih. "Potansiyel Bir Tarih ve Kültür Turizmi Merkezi Örneği Olarak Malatya". Academic Knowledge (in Turkish). 3 (2): 116.
  26. doi:10.34685/HI.2020.75.15.002
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