Mezraa is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of
Doğanyol
Doğanyol ( ku, Keferdîz) is a district of Malatya Province of Turkey. The mayor is Hakan Bay ( AKP).
Demographics
The town is populated by Kurds.
History
Doğanyol has become district in 1990 during Turgut Özal presidency. Doğanyol is 90 ...
,
Malatya Province,
Turkey. Its population is 55 (2022). It is located on the river
Euphrates
The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...
. The name derives from the Turkish word "mezra" meaning "hamlet".
History
Human settlement has happened in the area for about 10,000 years. In the late 10th century the area came under control of the
Byzantine Empire.
In the 11th century, the town was ruled by Islamic dynasties such as the
Ahlatshahs
The Shah-Armens (lit. 'Kings of Armenia', tr, Ermenşahlar), also known as Ahlatshahs (lit. 'Rulers of Ahlat', tr, Ahlatşahlar), was a Turkoman Sunni Muslim Anatolian beylik founded after the Battle of Manzikert (1071) and centred in Ahlat on t ...
, then in the 16th the
Ottomans took control over the area.
On 24 January 2020, the town was impacted by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake.
References
Neighbourhoods in Doğanyol District
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