Muratköy, Solhan
Muratköy (Kurdish: Norik, Armenian: Նորեկ, romanized: Noreg, Nourik) is a village in the Solhan District, Bingöl Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Umeran tribe and had a population of 424 in 2021.
The hamlet of Halkaınar is attached to the village.
Norek (Nurik) had 59 Armenians, 6 houses before the Armenian genocide. Ankag (Enkak), part of today's Murat, had 63 Armenians.
References
- ^ "Kaza Genç / Արդուշեն – Ardushen". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "Armenian Inhabited Villages" (PDF). Armenian Weekly. 2009-04-25. p. 44.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ Akbulut, Yılmaz (1995). Bingöl tarihi (in Turkish). p. 115. ISBN 9751714737.