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Eğil

Coordinates: 38°15′26″N 40°05′05″E / 38.25722°N 40.08472°E / 38.25722; 40.08472
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Eğil
Eğil is located in Turkey
Eğil
Eğil
Coordinates: 38°15′26″N 40°05′05″E / 38.25722°N 40.08472°E / 38.25722; 40.08472
CountryTurkey
ProvinceDiyarbakır
Government
 • Government Appointed Acting Mayorİdris Arslan
 • Kaymakamİdris Arslan
Area
[1]
 • District498.91 km2 (192.63 sq mi)
Population
 (Template:Turkey district populations)Template:Turkey district populations
 • Urban
Template:Turkey district populations
 • District
Template:Turkey district populations
Post code
21470

Eğil (Hittite: 𒅔𒃲𒀀𒉿 Ingalawa, Template:Lang-ota,[2] Template:Lang-ku)[3] is a town and district of Diyarbakır Province of Turkey. As of 2018, the district's population is 23,369.[4] The elected mayor Mustafa Akkul of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was dismissed on the 23 March 2020 and replaced by a trustee.[5] The current Kaymakam is İdris Arslan.[6]

Eğil is an ancient city 50 km away from Diyarbakır with many ancient forts and caves dating to the time of the Armenian kingdom of Sophene. It is identified with Carcathiocerta, the capital of the Kingdom of Sophene, and the ancient Armenian religious center of Angegh-tun (Angełtun).[7] It is known as the "City of Prophets." It has been ruled by the Armenians, the Assyrians, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Abbasids, the Seljuks and the Ottoman Empire.

In 2018 parts of a village re-emerged in Eğil in the Çakırören neighbourhood, after the Dicle Dam suffered water level decrease due to a burst of one of the gates.[8] It is also the location of a supposed tomb of Elisha, which is located in the Kale neighborhood of Eğil.[9]

History

Further information: Principality of Eğil

During the Bronze Age, the city is known as Ingalawa by the Hittites[10]. Most scholars identify Eğil with the ancient city of Carcathiocerta.[11] The city, with its strategic location overlooking the west bank of the Tigris, is the oldest in the region,[dubious – discuss] with remains dating back to the Assyrian and Hellenistic periods. Later on, the city was known in Armenian as Angł, capital of the district of Angełtun, which was known as Ingilene in Greco-Roman sources. It was part of the larger province of Sophene. Armenian sources described Angł as housing "the tombs of the former kings of Armenia", apparently taking the rulers of Sophene as a branch of the Armenian kings' dynasty. The rock-cut tombs still exist today at Eğil.[11]

Notable Locals

  • Eğil Dam Reservoir
    Eğil Dam Reservoir
  • Eğil Dam Reservoir
    Eğil Dam Reservoir
  • Eğil King Tombs
    Eğil King Tombs
  • Eğil King Tombs
    Eğil King Tombs
  • Eğil King Tombs
    Eğil King Tombs
  • Eğil
    Eğil

References

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 163.
  3. ^ Kürtçe Anamnez - Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Kurdish and Turkish). 2009. p. 55. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Eğil Nüfusu Diyarbakır". www.nufusu.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  5. ^ "HDP's Eğil Co-Mayor Arrested".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Kaymakam İdris Arslan". www.egil.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2019-09-28. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  7. ^ Marciak, Michał (2017). Sophene, Gordyene, and Adiabene: Three Regna Minora of Northern Mesopotamia Between East and West. Brill. pp. 43–44. ISBN 9789004350724.
  8. ^ AA, Daily Sabah with (2018-12-20). "Drop in dam water reveals submerged village, Elisha's tomb in SE Turkey's Diyarbakır". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  9. ^ "Ancient Underwater Village Has Been Revealed in Turkey (photos)". armedia.am. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  10. ^ Russell, James (1997). "The Formation of the Armenian Nation". In Hovannisian, Richard G. (ed.). The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times: Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 31.
  11. ^ a b Marciak, Michał (2014). "The Historical Geography of Sophene". Acta Antiqua. 52 (4): 295–338. doi:10.1556/aant.52.2012.4.1.
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