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In the 19th century, Armenian Catholic geographer Rev. Ghukas Injijian wrote that the Muslim population in Kemah were of Armenian origin but had converted to Islam during the devastation caused by the Persian-Ottoman wars in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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At a point two hours from the town, the men are taken aside and eliminated. 2,833 infants from the kaza of Bayburt are drowned in the Euphrates in the midst of the gorges of Kemah.
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The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Aşağıgedik, Beklimçay, Cirgişin, Çarşı, Göğüsbağı, Karşıbağ, Mektepönü, Ortagedik, Pörhenkbaşı and Yukarı.
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In ancient times, the town was known as Ani-Kamakh, and was the cult center of the Armenian goddess
344: 500: 370:. It first fell to the Muslims in 679 and changed hands frequently until the mid-9th century (cf. 1107: 668: 303:. Its population is 2,929 (2022). The town is located almost in the centre of Erzincan Province. 292: 951: 791: 371: 203: 941: 721: 1056: 1031: 1021: 916: 881: 831: 801: 786: 776: 766: 1076: 861: 826: 756: 8: 996: 741: 640: 411: 407: 355: 141: 129: 1081: 1026: 1016: 1001: 901: 876: 455: 1066: 1046: 896: 821: 811: 771: 1011: 991: 966: 956: 781: 577: 550: 540: 423: 363: 288: 260: 134: 42: 1006: 906: 891: 871: 816: 761: 931: 921: 866: 391: 359: 248: 1041: 946: 846: 746: 981: 971: 961: 886: 796: 571: 395: 375: 1061: 736: 328:(Ani). It may be what the Hittites referred to as Kummaha, one of the cities of 1071: 911: 726: 691: 347:
who was instrumental in the conversion of the Armenian people to Christianity.
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The Cities of Kumme, Kummanna and Their God Teššub / Teišeba
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The Kemah Gorge was the scene of massacres during the
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Municipality

Kemah is located in Turkey
39°36′10″N 39°02′08″E / 39.60278°N 39.03556°E / 39.60278; 39.03556
Turkey
Province
Erzincan
District
Kemah
MHP
Time zone
UTC+3
TRT
Postal code
Area code
www.kemah.bel.tr
Kurdish
Armenian
Greek
Erzincan Province
Eastern Anatolia Region
Turkey
Kemah District
Anahit
Azzi
Kummuh
Arsacid dynasty
Tiridates III
Middle Ages
border wars

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