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.