[1] Its great bulk and solidity still dominating the small, crudely built, flat-roofed, houses of the village.

Eghegnamor (Armenian: Եղեգնամոր) is a historical name of the settlement laying around the monastery.

In another sources this monastery called as Eghegnamor (Çengelli) lay in a district of Armenia known as Gabeghyank', which included the town of Kaghzvan (modern Kağızman), and was a part of a larger Armenian province known as Ayrarat.

This district was initially a Mamikonian possession, but in the 9th century it became part of the territory of the Bagratids of Ani.

This Armenian population was deported to Armenia in 1920 when this district became part of Turkey after the First World War.