TOUR OF TURKEY
For additional information contact, Charles
Jamgotchian
2706 W. Ashlan #65., Fresno, CA. 93705
Phone: 559-226
e-mail: rex@sti.net
Maps of Turkey
List of small towns in Turkey
Armenian Architecture
and Churches
Armenian Churches in Turkey
Armenian Studies Program California State University, Fresno, CA
Our tour, through Armen Aroyan, was not a typical tour of riding busses
and seeing the highlights of a country. This tour was with a
small group of Armenians whose ancestors were from eastern
Turkey. We visited some of the typical tour areas, however we
spent most of our time visiting the villages and towns of our
ancestors. Armen had many surprises for us including churches and
villages which are rarely seen by outsiders.
Our tour group was as follows
Armen Aroyan (Tour
director): Check
Armen's web site for tour and Pilgrimages info
Jemal (The best driver in the world)
Guler (Jemal's wife)
Sona Boyajian (Dikranagerd)
Leo Derderian (Sivas, Horsana, Ghavraz)
Zaven Donabedian (Dikranagerd, Lije)
Charles Jamgotchian (Kharpert, Husenig, Van)
Mary Kazarian (Kharpert, Chotali, Arpavut)
Louis & Elenne Najarian (Sivas, Govdun, Chemishgezek, Ushbagh)
Barbara Patchadjian Tambakakis (Arapgir, Erzurum)
Hazel Barsamian (Khulakyugh, Kharpert)
Carel Bertram (professor at U.C. California)
The following are the sites we toured. Click on the links to get
the details.
Istanbul area
Izmir (Ephesus)
Antep GaziAntep
Malatya
Chotali and Arpavut
Elazig (Mezre)
Husenig
Kharpert
Chemishgezek
Sahinkaya
(Khulakyugh)
Lije
Dikranagerd
Arapgir
Sivas
Horsana
Ghavraz
Govdun
Erzincan
Aprank or St.
David's Monastery
Erzurum
Kars
Ani
Mt. Ararat
Van
Yagkesen (the Red
Church)
Looking for your armenian ancestors, go to the following site.
A 1st class Mercedes van and a great
driver in Jemal
* Credits
Pictures that start with AR were taken by Armen Aroyan
Pictures that start with CB were taken by Carel Bertram
Pictures that start with TK were taken by Charles Jamgotchian
The information, pictures, links, maps, etc. may not be
totally correct.