Hemşin
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| Country |  Turkey |
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| Region | Black Sea |
| Province | Rize |
| Area | |
| - Total | 120 km² (46.3 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 4,435 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 53 |
| Area code(s) | (0090)+ 464 |
| Licence plate | 53 |
Hemşin (Armenian: Համշէն (Hamshen) or Համամաշէն (Hamamashen; literally meaning Hamam's Hamlet); also known as Tambur) is a town and district of Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, 57km from the city of Rize.
Hemşin is a district of green hills 19 km inland from the Black Sea.
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[edit] History
- See Rize Province for an overview of the history of the area, once part of the Roman Empire and the succeeding Byzantine Empire.
Hemşin, once a place of some note in the ancient Armenian province of Daik,[1] was founded by the Armenian princes Hamam and Shapuh Amatuni in the 8th century. The region was conquered by Mehmet II for the Ottoman Empire in 1461 and under the Ottomans many Hamshenis in the 16th century and on a larger scale in the 18th century were forced to convert to Sunni Islam, though, they managed to preserve their Armenian culture and came to be collectively known as Hamshenis. Many of them maintained their Christian faith but these Christian Hamshenis eventually fled to the Soviet Union with the Armenian Genocide and the outbreak of World War I, when Hemşin was occupied by Russia for two years (1916-18).[2] [3][4]
Today the majority of residents are Muslim Hamshenis, but they do speak Hemşince, a dialect of Turkish with many Armenian words incorporated in it. They also have a distinct folk culture of dance and song. They celebrate the Armenian festival Vartavar.[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Research of the Rev. E. Smith and Rev. H. G. O. Dwight in Armenia - Page 325 by Eli Smith
- ^ Bert Vaux, Hemshinli: The Forgotten Black Sea Armenians, Harvard University, 2001.
- ^ Peter Alford Andrews, Rüdiger Benninghaus, eds. Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1989.
- ^ Dumezil, Georges (1964). "Notes surle parlerd'unArmenien Musulman de Hemşin."
- ^ Hemşin Gizemi Bilimin Pençesinde May 18, 2002, Agos (Turkish)
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