Serpmekaya, Karlıova

Serpmekaya (Kurdish: Alpiran, Armenian: Alipiran, Alipunar, Alipunarköy[1][2]) is a village in the Karlıova District, Bingöl Province, Turkey.

[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Cibran tribe and had a population of 612 in 2021.

[4][5] The hamlets of Harmanlı and Yalnızlar are attached to the village.

[3] Ali-Piran had 150 Armenians, 13 houses, one church (Surb Astvatsatsin, Holy Mother of God), 2 monasteries, and one school before the Armenian genocide.

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