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Back on the main road, you
soon reach the former region capital of
Aparan, till 1935 Bash
Aparan, site of an important battle against the Turkish army in 1918. Just
N of town, on a hill left of the road, is an impressive monument to the
battle. In June 2000,
the remains of General Dro,
the great war leader, were transferred here from Massachusetts. |
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From Aparan, a road angles back SE to Mulki
(formerly Melkum-Kendi).
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UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
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Behind the
monument toward the Kasakh gorge is a large Bronze Age settlement
site,
with tomb fields and caves. Aparan’s population, mixed Armenians and
Kurds, is the butt of various jokes. As
Kasakh, Aparan was listed by the geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd
century. About 100 m E of
the highway toward the N end of town is the impressive and
architecturally important 5th c.
Kasakh Basilica, restored and operating again as a church.
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