Vakıflı, Samandağ
Vakıflı
Վաքըֆ Vak'ëf, Vakıfköy | |
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Coordinates: 36°06′53″N 35°58′31″E / 36.11472°N 35.97528°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Hatay |
District | Samandağ |
Population (2022) | 103 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Vakıflı (
History
The residents of Vakıflı are the descendants of those Armenians who resisted the Armenian genocide of 1915 on Musa Dagh.[3] For 53 days they repelled attacks by Turkish troops until French sailors sighted a banner that the Armenians had tied to a tree on the mountain emblazoned with the words "Christians in Distress: Rescue".[6] After being transported to Port Said by the French, the inhabitants of seven Armenian villages returned to their homes while Hatay was under French occupation starting from 1918.[7] Following an agreement between France and Turkey and a controversial referendum, the district reverted to Turkey on 29 June 1939, a move still not recognized by Syria. After this move the populations of the other six Armenian villages emigrated out of Hatay settling in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, especially Anjar, while the residents of Vakıflı chose to stay.[7]
Vakıflı suffered from a lack of jobs until the mid-2000s, prompting the younger generation to move to Istanbul.
Between 1994 and 1997, the village church was reconstructed and expanded with assistance from the Turkish government.
Vakıflı hosted 20 Syrian refugees of Armenian origin from
In February 2023, Vakıflı was heavily affected by the
See also
- Armenian-Turkish relations
- Armenians in Turkey
- The Forty Days of Musa Dagh
- Republic of Hatay
- Kesab
- List of Armenian ethnic enclaves
References
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d Kalkan, Ersin (31 July 2005). "Türkiye'nin tek Ermeni köyü Vakıflı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-74104-556-7.
- ^ "Armenian, Western". Ethnologue. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
Vakıflı dialect is highly divergent and cannot be fully understood by other Western Armenians.
- ^ a b Naegele, Jolyon (27 May 1999). "Turkey: Village Survived The Century's First Mass Ethnic Expulsion". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
- ^ a b Başlangıç, Celal (29 July 2002). "Musa'dan notlar". Radikal (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- ^ a b Kaplan, Pervin (29 April 1998). "Türkiye'nin tek Ermeni köyü" (in Turkish). Radikal. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- ^ Küçük, Mustafa (21 August 2006). "Bu köyler kurtulursa göç dönecek". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- ^ Ercan, Şerif (1 October 2005). "Vakıflı'nın kaderi organik tarıma bağlı". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- ^ "TMOK'tan 25 fair play ödülü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 5 May 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- ^ Arslan, Adem Yavuz (25 July 2005). "Son Ermeni Köyü: Vakıflı". Aksiyon (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "For last Armenian village in Turkey, no remembrance of things past".
- ^ Sol newspaper (9 April 2014)
- ^ Toksabay, Ece (27 February 2023). "Turkey's last Armenian village fears for its future". Reuters. Retrieved 3 March 2023.