Sason
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{{For|the historical region|Sasun (historical region)}}
{{Short description|Municipality in Batman Province, Turkey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = municipality
| name = Sason
| image_skyline = Sason 3 2012.JPG
| coordinates = {{coord|38|22|49|N|41|23|43|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province = Batman
| district = Sason
| leader_party = AKP
| leader_name = Mehmet Şafi Yavuz
| population_total = 12696
| population_as_of = 2021
| postal_code = 72500
| website = {{url|http://www.sason.bel.tr/}}
}}
Sason{{efn|{{langx|hy|Խաբլջոզ|translit=Khabljoz}}, also {{lang|hy|Գաբլճոզ}} {{transliteration|hy|Gablchoz}} or {{lang|hy|Սասուն}} {{transliteration|hy|Sasun}}, etc.; {{langx|ku-Latn|Qabilcewz}}{{cite book |author1=Adem |first=Avcıkıran |url= |title=Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî |date=2009 |page=56 |language=tr, ku |access-date=}}}} is a town in the Batman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of the Sason District.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its population is 12,696 (2021).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021|url=https://www.tuik.gov.tr/indir/duyuru/favori_raporlar.xlsx |access-date=30 January 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=tr |format=XLS}} It was formerly known as Kabilcevz.{{Cite book |last=Nişanyan |first=Sevan |author-link=Sevan Nişanyan |title=Adını unutan ülke: Türkiye'de adı değiştirilen yerler sözlüğü |publisher=Everest Yayınları |year=2010 |isbn=9789752897304 |location=Istanbul |pages=61, 438 |language=tr}}
Toponymy
Sason derives from the name of the historical region Sasun. In the Armenian tradition, the name of Sasun (from earlier Sanasunk) is traditionally associated with Sanasar (i.e., biblical Sharezer), the son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib who fled to Armenia after murdering his father․ Sanasar is said to have settled in the area around Mount Sim, which was called Sanasunk (as if meaning "Sanasar's progeny") after him and his descendants who populated the region.{{cite book |last=Hübschmann |first=Heinrich |url=https://archive.org/details/diealtarmenisch00hbgoog/page/n233 |title=Die Altarmenischen Ortsnamen. Mit Beiträgen zur historischen Topographie Armeniens und einer Karte |date=1904 |publisher=Verlag von Karl J. Trübner |pages=315–316 |language=de}}
The former name of the settlement, Kabilcevz, comes from the Arabic word jawz 'walnut' (Turkish {{lang|tr|ceviz}}), in reference to the abundance of walnut trees in the area.{{Cite web |title=Sason Cevizi |url=http://www.sason.gov.tr/sason-cevizi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002133914/http://www.sason.gov.tr/sason-cevizi |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=T.C. Sason Kaymakamlığı |language=tr}}
History
During the Ottoman period, Sason, then known as Kabilcevz, was located in the nahiye of Hazzo-Kabilcevz in the kaza (district) of Sasun within the Bitlis vilayet. Sometimes, it fell under the kaza of Kulp instead. Until 1915, it was a mixed Armenian-Kurdish village, reportedly with 105 Kurdish households and 45 Armenian households. Most of the village's Armenians were deported and died during the Armenian genocide.{{Cite book |last1=Hakobian |first1=T. Kh. |author-link=Tadevos Hakobyan |title=Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran |last2=Melik-Bakhshian |first2=St. T. |last3=Barseghian |first3=H. Kh. |publisher=Yerevan State University Publishing House |year=1988 |volume=2 |location= |pages=[http://nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=61&dt=HY_HY&pageNumber=1652 612]-613 |language=hy |script-title=hy:Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան |trans-title=Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories |chapter=Khabljoz |script-chapter=hy:Խաբլջոզ}} The settlement became the center of the Sason District in 1925.
Demographics
Government
In the local elections of March 2019, Muzaffer Arslan was elected Mayor.{{Cite web |title=Batman Sason Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri |url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/secim/31-mart-2019-yerel-secim-sonuclari/batman/sason/ilcesi-yerel-secim-sonuclari |access-date=2020-03-29 |website=www.sabah.com.tr}} He was replaced by Mehmet Şafi Yavuz in February 2021.[https://ilkha.com/siyaset/sason-un-yeni-belediye-baskani-mehmet-safi-yavuz-oldu-152573 Sason’un yeni Belediye Başkanı Mehmet Şafi Yavuz oldu], ilkha.com
Culture
There are numerous ruins in the area, and also some historical water fountains, such as Sevek Çeşmesi, Nabuhan Çeşmesi, Hapyenk Çeşmesi, and Ağde Çeşmesi. There is also a türbe—a burial site of a holy man—called Şehan, which is the site of celebrations every July.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} The town had an Armenian church called Surp Stepanos.
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External links
- [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Sasun Armenian History and Presence in Sason]
- [https://westernarmeniatv.com/tr/12074/sason-ermenileri-roportaji Sason Ermenileri Röportajı]
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Category:Populated places in Sason District
Category:District municipalities in Turkey