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Kurdish: M\u00eazgir),[1] is a town and seat of the Mazgirt District of the Tunceli Province in Turkey.[2] It had a population of 1,344 in 2021 and is populated by Kurds.[3][4]The current mayor is Murat Becerikli from the Justice and Development Party (AKP).[5]The town has a number of interesting buildings, such as an abandoned castle,[6] an old mosque, and an Armenian church which is soon to be renovated.[7][8][9]It is divided into the neighborhoods of Eltihatun and Yenimahalle.[2]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsGeography[edit]History[edit]Monuments[edit]Elte Hatun Cami[edit]Elte Hatun T\u00fcrbesi[edit]Castle[edit]Armenian churches[edit]References[edit]Geography[edit]Mazgirt is located in a bowl-shaped depression in the heights overlooking the Munzur Su valley.[10]:\u200a87\u200a On the west side of town is a rocky outcrop that has a commanding view of the brush-covered slopes below.[10]:\u200a87\u200a This outcrop historically served as the castle rock.[10]:\u200a87\u200aThe main road coming from Tunceli turns sharply southeast just beneath the castle rock and then becomes the main commercial street in town.[10]:\u200a89\u200a There is a gentle slope uphill as it runs southeast to the main town square, which is where the high school is located.[10]:\u200a89\u200a The historic Elti Hatun mosque and t\u00fcrbe are located further north, along with the old Armenian church of Surb Hakop.[10]:\u200a89\u200aHistorically, Mazgirt was the start point of a route that led to P\u00fcl\u00fcm\u00fcr through wooded valleys and hills, thus connecting the Dersim region with the upper reaches of the Euphrates while bypassing the narrow Kutu Dere upstream from Tunceli.[10]:\u200a87\u20139,\u200a148\u200aHistory[edit]Historically a market town, Mazgirt was an important fortified settlement during the period of Arab rule (7th to 10th centuries).[10]:\u200a87,\u200a145\u200a It lay in a border region and was likely connected to Ba\u011f\u0131n and then Ki\u011f\u0131 by a road for defensive purposes.[10]:\u200a146\u200aIn 1144, Arslan-Do\u011fmu\u015f, brother of the Artukid ruler Kara Arslan, seized Mazgirt and made it his capital.[10]:\u200a152\u200a Mazgirt’s high and relatively inaccessible position made it a good place for him to resist his brother’s rule, but he died in 1148 after only four years in power and Kara Arslan took over Mazgirt.[10]:\u200a152\u200aMonuments[edit]Elte Hatun Cami[edit]The medieval Elte Hatun Cami is built out of a dark purplish composite stone and consists of a main prayer hall with a smaller entrance hall adjoining it on the east side of the north wall.[10]:\u200a89\u201390\u200a There is a garden on the east side of the complex, although the gate is usually kept locked.[10]:\u200a90\u200a There is a \u00e7e\u015fme or fountain outside the entrance hall on the north; inside the building on the same wall is a niche where water was also piped in.[10]:\u200a90\u200a These were designed for worshippers to perform the ghusl washing required before prayer; the fountain outside would have been used mostly during summer while the one inside would have been used during winter.[10]:\u200a90\u200aThe mosque was founded in 1252-3 by Elte Hatun, daughter of a prince named S\u00fcleyman.[10]:\u200a89\u200a She probably belonged to the Seljuk dynasty, since Mazgirt had come under Seljuk control in 1234 when they annexed the principality of Harput.[10]:\u200a89\u201390\u200a A medrese, which was probably founded at the same time as the mosque, formerly existed to the east; the garden wall was built over its remains.[10]:\u200a90\u200aElte Hatun T\u00fcrbesi[edit]The Elte Hatun T\u00fcrbesi is purportedly the tomb of the same Elte Hatun, but in reality this is unlikely – the carvings are of a much lower quality than the mosque’s – and the t\u00fcrbe was probably built well after Elte Hatun’s lifetime, perhaps in the 15th century.[10]:\u200a90\u200a Whoever the tomb actually belongs to is unknown.[10]:\u200a91\u200aCastle[edit]The castle rock is basically shaped like an elongated platform running from northwest to southeast.[10]:\u200a89\u200a Steep cliffs provide a natural barrier on all sides except the southeast, which has a gentler slope.[10]:\u200a89\u200a An inner rocky outcropping juts up from the main platform towards the northwest end.[10]:\u200a89\u200a The castle walls are only standing in some places.[10]:\u200a89\u200a The masonry that survives is mostly the same dark reddish-purple stone as the Elte Hatun mosque and likely date from the same period (mid-13th century).[10]:\u200a89\u200a On the inner outcropping there is a circular pit carved out of the rock whose original purpose is unknown; a “rectangular block of masonry” built partly over its western side belonged to an old windmill that was built on the site at a later date.[10]:\u200a89\u200aArmenian churches[edit]The old Armenian church of Surb Hakop appears to date from the 16th or 17th century, although it was probably rebuilt from the ruins of an earlier predecessor.[10]:\u200a91\u200a The present structure is somewhat awkwardly proportioned – it doesn’t go very far back – and the previous building was probably larger than the one today.[10]:\u200a91\u200a The remains of a second old church, which probably served as a basilica, are located on the northeast slope of the citadel.[10]:\u200a89,\u200a91\u200a This one is hard to date but may have been built in the middle ages.[10]:\u200a91\u200aReferences[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/mazgirt-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Mazgirt – Wikipedia"}}]}]