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Varto District
Varto District (Armenian: Վարդոյի գաւառակ) is a district of the Muş Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Varto.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. Its area is 1,318 km2, and its population is 30,267 (2022). Geology and geomorphology Varto District is surrounded by Bingöl Mountains from the north and Şerafettin Mountains from the south. Akdoğan Lakes are located in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varto
Varto (, ku, Gimgim, grc-x-medieval, Barzanissa) is a town and district in MuÅŸ Province, Turkey. The population of Varto city is around 13,000 with another 17,000 living in the villages. The largest population from Varto in Europe is in Berlin. History Some 5,200 Armenians were living in the district of Varto in 1914, including 600 in the town of Varto. Eight churches, 3 monasteries and 5 schools tended to their to spiritual needs. In June 1915 during the Armenian genocide, a great number of Varto's Armenians were massacred in the valley of Newala Ask. Varto was the site of major fighting during the Sheikh Said rebellion in 1924, and was the epicenter of the 1966 earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people. In the 1990s Varto was one of the hotbeds of Kurdish militancy led by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Although the city did not see ongoing battles, it was the hometown of many fighters and leading PKK commanders. The Turkish military garrison stationed in the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |