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Kiğı
Kiğı
Municipality
	Kiğı Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 39°18′35″N 40°20′58″E / 39.30972°N 40.34944°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Bingöl
District	Kiğı
Government
• Mayor	Hikmet Özüağ (AKP)
Population (2021)	2,926
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Website	www.kigi.bel.tr

Kiğı (Kurdish: Gêxî;^[1] Armenian: Քղի, romanized: Kʿġi) is a town and seat of the Kiğı District of Bingöl Province in Turkey.^[2] The mayor is Hikmet Özüağ (AKP).^[3]

The town is populated by Kurds of the Giransor tribe and had a population of 2,926 in 2021.^[4]^[5]

Neighborhoods

The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Abar, Eskişehir, Yenişehir and Yeşilyurt.^[2]

History

Historically this area was ruled by different Armenian, Byzantine, Kurdish and Turkic dynasties. During the Middle Ages, Kiğı had been a mint town of the Ilkhanids^[6] The town became a part of the Ottoman Empire was a sanjak of the Erzurum Eyalet. Historically a nearby iron mine was used but mining stopped in 17th century.^[7] The main sights in the town are the citadel, the mosque built in 1401/02 and commissioned by Pir Ali son of the Aq Qoyunlu Kutlu.^[6] The medieval Muslim tomb and bathhouse of Yazıcızadeler and the ruins of a church.^[6] There were battles in this area between the Russians and Ottomans during World War I. The current location of the town was moved here after a Safavid raid in the 16th century, the old site was near the citadel.^[6] But the present structure is largely a restoration from later times.^[6]

Demographics

In 1891, the kaza had 41,225 inhabitants, including 12,040 Armenians. In 1909, 16,255 Armenians lived in 50 villages. On the eve of the first World War, 19,859 Armenians lived in the kaza. They had 45 churches, five monasteries, and 63 schools. They were deported on 8 June 1915 as part of the Armenian genocide. Most of them were massacred by the Special Organization.^[8]

Mother tongue, Kiğı District, 1927 Turkish census^[9]
Turkish	Arabic	Kurdish	Circassian	Armenian	Unknown or other languages
4,600	–	21,800	88	43	7

Religion, Kiğı District, 1927 Turkish census^[9]
Muslim	Armenian	Orthodox	Other Christian
26,486	46	1	5

Notable people

Munzur Çem

References

^ Avcıkıran, Adem. Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî. p. 55.
^ ^a ^b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-07-11). "Bingöl Kiğı Seçim Sonuçları – Kiğı Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-07.
^ "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ Akbulut, Yılmaz (1995). Bingöl tarihi (in Turkish). p. 106. ISBN 9751714737.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Sinclair, T.A. (1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume III. Pindar Press. ISBN 9781904597780.
^ Sinclair, T. A. (1989-12-31). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume III. Pindar Press. pp. 158–159. ISBN 978-1-904597-78-0.
^ "Kaza Kiğı / Քղի – Kghi". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
^ ^a ^b Sertel, Savaş (2014-01-01). "ERKEN CUMHURİYET DÖNEMİNDE BİNGÖL NÜFUSU". XVII. TTK Bildiri Kitabi.