Serpmekaya, Karlıova
Serpmekaya (Kurdish: Alpiran, Armenian: Alipiran, Alipunar, Alipunarköy) is a village in the Karlıova District, Bingöl Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Cibran tribe and had a population of 612 in 2021.
The hamlets of Harmanlı and Yalnızlar are attached to the village.
Ali-Piran had 150 Armenians, 13 houses, one church (Surb Astvatsatsin, Holy Mother of God), 2 monasteries, and one school before the Armenian genocide.
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.
- ^ Aşiretler raporu (in Turkish) (3rd ed.). Kaynak Yayınları. 2014. p. 67.