Kılçadır
Kılçadır is located in Turkey
Kılçadır
Kılçadır
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°46′44″N 40°29′13″E / 38.779°N 40.487°E / 38.779; 40.487
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBingöl
DistrictBingöl
Population
 (2021)
338
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)

Kılçadır (Kurdish: Madrag, Armenian: Madrak, Madrag, Madrakkilotan[1][2]) is a village in the Bingöl District, Bingöl Province, Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Musyan tribe and had a population of 338 in 2021.[4][5]

The hamlet of Özluce is attached to the village.[3]

Madrak had 453 Armenians, 50 houses, a church (St. Kirakos), one school before the Armenian genocide.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kaza Genç / Արդուշեն – Ardushen". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  2. 1 2 "Armenian Inhabited Villages" (PDF). Armenian Weekly. 2009-04-25. p. 44.
  3. 1 2 "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  5. Akbulut, Yılmaz (1995). Bingöl tarihi (in Turkish). p. 108. ISBN 9751714737.
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