Descrizione

Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (31 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 163 p., ills. Sivas with its Armenian cultural heritage.= Ermeni kültür varliklariyla Sivas. In tracing the roots of the Armenian community, this book reveals the multicultural heritage of Sivas. Located in the heart Anatolia, Sivas extends over a vast geography with subregions that are different yet complete each other and can only be fully understood in the context of multicultural heritage. The content of this book is comprised of the results of research conducted about Sivas by the Hrant Dink Foundation. We hope that the information presented here interests not only researchers and history enthusiasts, but anyone who wants to learn more about Sivas. Sivas is a land that reaches to the Black Sea in the north, as far as Aleppo to the south, the Euphrates in the east and Cappadocia to the west. The vast geography creates particularities in the regions, and to each of these we have tried to give attention. In order to understand Sivas, one needs to go from Susehri to Gürün, from Ulas to Sarkisla, to consider Hafik and Zara separately; the towns of these dispersed regions, Çepni of Gemerek and Mancilik of Kangal should be taken as distinct places, and each of the villages of Divrigi should be studied thoroughly by themselves. In presenting our findings, we also mention the challenges we had and the impressions we gained during the research process of the cultural heritage that is faced by the threat of being forgotten. By this we aim to contribute to the methodological discussions used in researching similar topics.