Arabkir-- Homage to an Armenian Community

The story of the Armenians of Arabkir spans 3,500 years. In this book, the authors, with the help of 50 contributors, weave together Arabkir's history and heartland, its community and culture, its food and faith, its geography and genocide, and its songs and famous sons.
In Alexander the Great's time, they knew Arabkir as Arauraca or Arabrakenoi. In the Byzantine period, the name evolved to Arabkares, then Harabker, and ultimately to Arabkir. Around the 1790s, the Armenians left old Arabkir ...