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Village in Bingöl Province, Turkey Village in Bingöl, Turkey
Muratköy
Village
Muratköy is located in TurkeyMuratköyMuratköyLocation in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°53′35″N 40°57′36″E / 38.893°N 40.960°E / 38.893; 40.960
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBingöl
DistrictSolhan
Population424
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Muratköy (Kurdish: Norik, Armenian: Նորեկ, romanized: Noreg, Nourik) is a village in the Solhan District, Bingöl Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Umeran tribe and had a population of 424 in 2021.

The hamlet of Halkaınar is attached to the village.

Norek (Nurik) had 59 Armenians, 6 houses before the Armenian genocide. Ankag (Enkak), part of today's Murat, had 63 Armenians.

References

  1. ^ "Kaza Genç / Արդուշեն – Ardushen". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  2. ^ "Armenian Inhabited Villages" (PDF). Armenian Weekly. 2009-04-25. p. 44.
  3. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  5. Akbulut, Yılmaz (1995). Bingöl tarihi (in Turkish). p. 115. ISBN 9751714737.
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