Develi, formerly known as Averak or Everek, is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,892 km2, and its population is 66,840.
General view of Zile neighborhood in Develi
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Virgin Mary painting inside the old Armenian Everek/Evereg church, St. Toros, now a mosque, during renovations in 2000
The Vilayet of Angora or Ankara was a first-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire, centered on the city of Angora in north-central Anatolia, which included most of ancient Galatia.
Develi
…many civilizations in the historical process between the Copper Age, the Bronze Age and the Seljuk Period. From 1867 until 1922, Develi was part of Angora vilayet. Following the Circassian genocide, many displaced Circassians were resettled in the region of Develi by the Ottoman Empire. According to the 1914…