Bingöl
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Bingöl(hazargol) (Turkish for: a thousand lakes) is a city in Eastern Turkey. Until 1950, it was known as Çabakcur, which means violent water in Armenian. It is surrounded by mountains and a large number of glacier lakes, hence the name. Lately, the town has become a popular tourist destination. In 2000, it had a population of 68,876 (census figure). Zazas form the majority of this province. [1] [2]
Bingöl is the capital of one of the 81 il, provinces.
On May 1, 2003 the whole area suffered from a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, leaving up to 100 dead and 300 injured.
The Zazaish name for Bingöl is Çolig; the Kurdish name for Bingöl is Çewlîk, and the Armenian name for Bingöl is Çabakçur or Chabakhchour. There are a couple of Armenian songs about Bingöl, "Inchu Bingyole Mdar" (Why did you enter Bingol) and Avetik Isahakian's "Bingyol" (Jampaneruh Bingyoli/The Roads to Bingöl)
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