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EGIN (Armenian Agn, " the spring ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 17 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EGIN (Armenian Agn, " the See also:spring ")  , an important See also:town in the Mamuret el-Aziz vilayet of See also:Asiatic See also:Turkey (See also:altitude 3300 ft.) . Pop. about 20,000, fairly equally divided between Armenian Christians and Moslems . It is picturesquely situated in a See also:theatre of lofty, abrupt rocks, on the right See also:bank of the western See also:Euphrates, which is crossed by a wooden See also:bridge . The See also:stone houses stand in terraced gardens and orchards, and the streets are See also:mere See also:rock ladders . See also:Egin was settled by Armenians who emigrated from See also:Van in the Iith See also:century with Senekherim . On the 8th of See also:November 1895 and in the summer of 1896 many Armenians were massacred here . (D . G .

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Turkish mean of "Eğin" is a "back" and "ridge". This town was civilized by Seljuk Turks in 1071. This town's new name is "Kemaliye".
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