Sivas vilayet

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At the beginning of the 20th century it had an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 996,126.[4] The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.[4]

History

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From 1913 to 1916, Ahmed Muammer was the Vali (governor) of the vilayet, and he has been accused of being complicit in actions against the Armenian population.[7]

Administrative divisions

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Sanjaks of the Vilayet in 1890
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Map of subdivisions of Sivas Vilayet in 1907
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East Anatolian rug (detail), from the Şarkişla-Sivas region. Made ca. 1800

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:[8]

  1. Sanjak of Sivas (Sivas, Bünyan, Şarkışla, Hafik, Darende, Divriği, Aziziye, Kangal, Zara, Gürün, Yıldızeli)
  2. Sanjak of Amasya (Amasya, Havza, Mecitözü, Vezirköprü, Gümüşhacıköy, Merzifon, Ladik)
  3. Sanjak of Karahisar-ı Şarki (Şebinkarahisar, Alucra, Hamidiye, Suşehri (Endires till 1875), Koyulhisar)
  4. Sanjak of Tokad (Created from Sivas sanjak in 1880 and gained Erbaa and Zile kazas from Amasya one) (Tokat, Erbaa, Zile, Niksar (Before 1880 it was part of Canik Sanjak of Trabzon Vilayet[9]), Reşadiye)

Not: Reşadiye (İskefsir till 1909) was nahiya center in Hamidiye kaza of Sanjak of Karahisar-ı Şarki till 1906.

References

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  1. Geographical Dictionary of the World, p. 1715, at Google Books
  2. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003514334 Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Sivas ("Yearbook of the Vilayet of Sivas"), Sivas vilâyet matbaası, Sivas, 1293 [1876]. in the website of Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  3. Kaligian, Dikran Mesrob (2011) Armenian Organization and Ideology Under Ottoman Rule, 1908–1914 (revised edition) Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey, page 152, Template:ISBN
  4. a b Keane, A.H. (1909) Asia (2nd edition) E. Stanford, London, volume 1, page 459, Template:Catalog lookup link
  5. (1897) Devlet-i Aliyye-i Osmaniyye’nin Bin Üçyüz Onüç Senesine Mahsus İstatistik-i Umumîsi, Istanbul(First statistical yearbook for the Ottoman Empire, republished in 1997 as Osmanlı Devleti'nin ilk istatistik yıllığı, 1897 T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü, Ankara, Template:ISBN
  6. Kapucu, Naim and Palabiyik, Hamit (2008) Turkish Public Administration: From Tradition to the Modern Age International Strategic Research Organization (USAK), Ankara, page 164, Template:ISBN
  7. "on the basis of incriminating telegrams that his dossier referred to as alleged to be translations of Turkish official telegrams."Lewy, Guenter (2005) The Armenian massacres in Ottoman Turkey: a disputed genocide. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, page 125, Template:ISBN
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External links

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