Turkey Regions (Outside Tur-'Abdin)

This list of cities, towns, and dioceses are all outside the the Tur-'Abdin area in current day Turkey. The Syriacs had lived in these areas since their Arameans ancestors in these areas and we counted 250 settlements not including monasteries. They eventually left them and migrated east to the Tur-'Abdin area. The causes of this migration are not fully researched and understood but might include political instability in these areas, forced migration by the rulers of these areas, pogroms by different hostile groups including governments, the series of attacks by the Byzantine rulers and the Chalcedonies church hierarchy on the Syriacs who didn't accept the results of the Council of Chalcedon in 451

• Adana: A city in Cilicia

• Adrassos: A city in Cilicia

• Akhlat: A city in Armenia minor

• Aksaray: A town sixty miles northeast of Konya.

• Alexandrertta (Eskandarona): A port in Turkey today

• Amasya: A town fifty miles south of Samsun, on the bank of Yesil Irmak.

• Anemurium: A town in Cilicia, today is the port of Anamour

• Antioch

• 'Arqa: A town west of Melitene; still inhabited.

• Arabissos: Today is called Yarpuz, about 60 km north of Marash, in Turkey

• Arsamosata: A city in Cilicia was mixed of Syriac and Armenian population. The town survived until the beginning of 13th century

• Arsinoe: A city in Cilicia.

• Arzenjàn: a town southwest of the province of Erzurum. The natives call it Erzincan.

• Arzun: A large city northwest of Siirt on the border between Armenia and northern Mesopotamia. 

• Augusta: A city in Cilicia

• 'Ayn Dàbà: a town in the district of Antioch whose location is unknown; birthplace of the learned Jacob of Edessa.

• 'Ayn Tab: A town in Karker

• 'Ayn Zarba (Anàzarba): A town in Cilicia, on the river Jijan. Today it is a small village called Anàzura.

• Bagin (Palin): A town in Cilicia

• Barzanissa: A town in Cilicia. Also known as Tell Washa

• Batnae: A town near Sarug where St. Jacob or Sarug ordained as bishop in 519.

• Beth Bätin: an extinct town outside Harran.

• Beth Bola (Babola): A town in Karker

• Beth Qandasa:  A town in Edessa

• Beth Nabu: Near Mubbag

• Birtha: A town in Edessa

• Caesarea: a town southeast of Ankara, known today as Kayseri.

• Cappadocia: A region in Turkey

• Cardabunth: A town in Cilicia.

• Castabala: A town in Cilicia. Has bishops from 325 to 550

• Celenderis: Today is called Cilindere in Cilicia. Had Bishops from 381 to the 6th century

• Cestori: A town in Cilicia. Had a bishop Chalcedonian in 451

• Charadros: A town in Cilicia

• Claudia: A citadel near Melitene, destroyed and rebuilt by al-Hasan Ibn Quhtuba in 141 A.H. Around the citadel was built a town bearing the same name, but it was laid to ruin after the thirteenth century.

• Claudiopolis: A town in Cilicia

• Cortada: A town in Cilicia.

• Corycos: A town in Cilicia.

• Cyzicus: an ancient city on the Sea of Marmara, destroyed by an earthquake in 943.

• Dalisandos: A town in Cilicia.

• Dayr Habil: a village in the province of Siirt.

• Dawlu: A small town northwest of Mersin.

• Domitiopolis: A town in Cilicia

• Duluk: A town in Karker

• Ehnes: A town in Edessa

• Farzman: A town in the vicinity of Ra'ban. 

• Flavias: A town in Cilicia , today is called Kars Bazar. Bishops attested from 325 to 550.

• Gargar (Birta d'Gargar): A town on the Euphrates. Today is called Gerger.

• Germanicopolis: A town in Cilicia, today is called Ermenek. Bishops attested in the 5th and 6th centuries.

• Gishra: A twon near Mabbug on the Euphrates. Today is called Jisr Manbidj. Bishops attested between 8th and 10th centuries.

• Gubos (Gubba): A town near Melitene west of the Euphrates. Bishops attested between 9th and 13th centuries and the monastary of Gubba Baraya was in the same area.

• Gudpai: A town in southern Turkey, about fifty kilometers from Marash

• Hadath: A town between Marash and Melitene, now in ruins, near the village of Saray Köy, Turkey

• Halys: A region south of the Black Sea, northeast of Ankara, Turkey. Today is called Kizil Irmak

• Hamam: A town in Cilicia, today is called Hamman Köy.

• Hanzit: A town in the Armenian part of Ottoman Turkey east of Kharbut. Today, is called Tilenzit.

• Harran: once a great city, a day's journey south from Edessa but now is a small village.

• Hattakh: a citadel and a small town north of Miyapharqin. Today is called Antakh.

• Hemerion (Himeria): A town near Edessa. Bishops attested from the 4th to the 6th century.

• Hezzo: A town about forty kilometers from Silvan-Mayyafariqin. Today, is called Kuzluk.

• Hisar: A town in Karker

• Hisn Jabar: An ancient fortress on the Euphrates.

• Hisno d'Mansur: a town north of Samosata on the west bank of the Euphrates. Also called Adyaman.

• Hisno d'Ziyad: the town of Kharput between Amid and Melitene. Its people moved to the nearby new town of Ma'murat al-'Aziz.

• Ibidinge: A town in Cilicia.

• Ingilence: A town in Cilicia

• 'Ibra in the environs of Jubas

• Iotape: A town in Cilicia. A bishop is known in 451

• Irenopolis: A town in Cilicia. Bishops are attested from 381 to 451.

• Istanbul: Was the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Had bishops starting the 19th century

• Jihan: A town in Cilicia.

• Jubas: A ruined city near Melitene.

• Julmarek: A city in the Hikkary mountain

• Kafar Tibna: an ancient village near Harran

• Kalinag: A town in eastern Cilicia

• Karkar (Gargar): an ancient citadel and town near Melitene, between Samosata and Hisno d'Ziyad, west of the Euphrates.

• Kishir: village in the province of Antioch.

• Kesum: an ancient town in the province of Samosata, between Aleppo and Edessa. It also had a citadel.

• Kharbut

• Kharshana: a town near Melitene.

• Kishir: a village in the province of Antioch, birthplace of the Syriac poet Simon the Potter (514).

• Kitidiopolis: A town in Cilicia

• Kondar: perhaps Kandiri, north of Ismit, near the Black Sea.

• Konya: A city in central Anatolia, south of Ankara.

• Kurtem: A village on the Euphrates near Sarug. The birthplace of St. Jacob of Sarug

• Lamos: A town in Cilicia

• Laqabin: A town in the province of Melitene.

• Leontopolis: A town in Cilicia.

• Mallos: A town in of Cilicia. Had attested bishops from 379 to 553.

• Manazgird (Manzikert) : Now called Malazgirt, a town north of Lake Van.

• Mandane: A town in of Cilicia. Had attested bishops in the 6th century.

• Mar'ash: The ancient Germanicia area, south of Sivas, Turkey

• Maratha: A town near Edessa

• Marcopolis: A town near Edessa

• Marianopolis

• Mopsuete: A town in Cilicia. Today, is called Massisa.

• Melitene (Malatya): a city in the province of Ma'murat al-'Aziz, near the Euphrates. In the past it was large and famous. It was one of the largest centers of the Syriacs, who in 1049 had fifty six churches there. It was also the birthplace of a number of Syriac learned men. Today it is a small town.

• Melos: A town in Cilicia.

• Minshar: A town in Cilicia

• Mousbada: A town in Cilicia. Today is called Muzvadi

• Murayba: A town in the Harran area

• Nephelis: A town in Cilicia.

• Nova Valentia: A town near Edessa

• Olba: A town in Cilicia

• Orim: a ruined town on the Euphrates, near Samosata.

• Palu (Badu): A town in Cilicia

• Parzman: A town in the in the region of Zeugma in central Turkey

• Perre: A town in Karker

• Phanir: In the province of Qallisura.

• Philadelphia: A town in Cilicia

• Philadelphia: A town in Qallisura

• Ρompeiopolis: A town in Cilicia.

• Qal'a Rumaita: Possibly the hometown of Patriarch Philoxenus Nemrud

• Qal'at Shamsdin: A tow n in Karker. It might also called Jamliour

• Qallisura: an ancient town in the vicinity of Melitene.

• Qala Jabar: A town in Osrhoene on the Euphrates

• Qar Shar (Qir Shar): a town southeast of Ankara.

• Qarikara: a village in the province of Melitene. Master Saliba Qarikari (d. 1164) is thought to have come from there.

• Qawartam: a village on the Euphrates, the birthplace of Jacob of Sarug (d. 521).

• Ra'ban

• Rawandan: A town in Karkar

• Resh Kifa: A town near Harran

• Rhosus: A town in Cilicia.

• Ruhin: a village near Antioch.

• Rumana: A town in Melitene 

• Salahiyya: a town east of Yarbuz in the Adana province.

• Salihiyya: a village near Edessa, established by 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Salih al-Hashimi. Al-Khalidi states that it was near al-Raqqa, near Batyas and the Monastery of Mar Zakka. The first person to build palaces there was the Abbasid Caliph al-Mahdi.

• Samando (Simando): a town in central Anatolia.

• Samosata: a city in the Roman territory on the Euphrates. To its east lies Palu and to its west Kharput, contiguous to Armenia.

• Sanudanu: A town in Cilicia.

• Sarug: a small town in the Mudar territory, between Harran and Jarabulus. 

• Saubat: Near Harran

• Samatar: A town in Karkar

• Sbide: A town in Cilicia. 

• Sebastia: A town in Cilicia. Today is called Ayash.

• Seleucia: A town in Cilicia

• Selinunte: A town in Cilicia. Bishops attested from 381 to 451.

• Semha: A town in on Melitene

• Sibaberk North of Edessa

• Shaghr

• Sidos: a village in the Manazgird [Malazgirt] territory

• Silvanon: A town in Cilicia.  Attested bishop in 692.

• Simandu: A town in Cappadocia

• Sis: Capitol of Armenia Minor in Cilicia

• Sozopolis: a town in Pisidia in Asia Minor, west of Konya, no longer in existence.

• Swayrik: a town in Karkar, about two days journey southwest of Diyarbakir. It may be Sibaberk.

• Tarse: A town in Cilicia

• Tarsus

• Tell Bashar

• Tell Batriq: A town formerly in Roman territory, one of many which formed the line of fortification between Roman and Muslim territories near Melitene.

• Tell Gauran: A town in Karker

• Tella of Arsenis: A town on the Euphrates, near Kharput.

• Tella of Hamdun: A town in Cilicia

• Tella of Mauzelat (Tella): A town in Osroene. Ancient Antoniopolis

• Til: A town in Cilicia

• Titiopolis: A town in Cilicia. Attested bishops in the 4th and 5th centuries.

• Urim: A town on the Euphrates

• 'Urbish: a big village in Karkar, inhabited by Syriacs until recent times.

• Urhai (Edessa): A big city in Osroene. Today is called Urfa.

• Wanik: a village in the province of Karkar, also called Dayr Abu Ghalib

• Zenopolis: A town in Cilicia

• Zepatra: A town in Melitene

• Zypern: A town in Cilicia