Kemah, Turkey
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Kemah is a town and district of Erzincan Province
in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey
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Kemah is a town with a present population of 2141 (2010 est.). The town is located almost somewhere in the centre of the Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolian Region of Republic of Turkey.
The necropolis of the Armenian Arsacid dynasty was located in Kemah including the tomb of Tiridates III, who was instrumental in the conversion of the Armenian people to Christianity.
Kemah was the scene of some of the massacres during the Armenian genocide.In one instance, 25,000 Armenians were killed in one day by throwing the victims off a steep gorge and into the Euphrates river.
Erzincan Province
Erzincan Province is a province in the eastern region of Anatolia, Turkey, and home to Erzincan, a city which was destroyed and rebuilt after an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 on December 27, 1939...
in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
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Kemah is a town with a present population of 2141 (2010 est.). The town is located almost somewhere in the centre of the Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolian Region of Republic of Turkey.
The necropolis of the Armenian Arsacid dynasty was located in Kemah including the tomb of Tiridates III, who was instrumental in the conversion of the Armenian people to Christianity.
Kemah was the scene of some of the massacres during the Armenian genocide.In one instance, 25,000 Armenians were killed in one day by throwing the victims off a steep gorge and into the Euphrates river.