Süleymanlı

Süleymanlı, historically Zeitun (Armenian: Զէյթուն), Zeytun,[1] Zeytunfimis or Zeytünfimis, is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Onikişubat, Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.

[4] After the Turkish government had already changed the town's name to Yeni Şehir (lit.

[7] The Armenians of Zeitun and the surrounding district historically enjoyed a high degree of autonomy owing to their defensible position in the mountains.

[8] The inhabitants fought with Ottoman forces multiple times from 1780 to 1895 to preserve their autonomy.

[4] The rebellion of 1895 was incited by revolutionaries of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party, and was ended by the mediation of the European powers after four months of fighting.

Armenian Zeytun natives