Dönemeç

Dönemeç (Armenian: Անգղ; Kurdish: Engîl) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Edremit, Van Province, Turkey.

[2] It is located on the right bank of the Hoşap River at a distance of 15 km from the town of Edremit.

[3] In 1872 a number of inhabitants of the village wrote a letter seeking to cooperate with the secret organization "Union for Salvation" (Miut’yun i P’rkut’yun), which was founded in Van that same year and aimed at the betterment of conditions for Armenians, one of the first such Armenian political organizations.

[3][4] In 1877, the village fell victim to a raid by the Kurdish tribal leader Jalaleddin.

[4] During the Armenian genocide, most of the village's inhabitants were massacred, while a small number managed to flee and reach Eastern Armenia.