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Gelinpınar, Çayırlı

village in Çayırlı, Erzincan, eastern Turkey

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ10761063 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gelinpınar is a village in the Çayırlı District, Erzincan Province, Turkey. The village had a population of 55 in 2021.

History

In 1835, the village of Gelinpertek (Gelinpınar) was part of the Tercan District. The male population of Gelinpertek at that time was 0 Muslims and 42 non-Muslims.

Editorial summary

“Gelinpınar, Çayırlı” enters the record as village in Çayırlı, Erzincan, eastern Turkey. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Gelinpınar, Çayırlı and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021, 1835—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Gelinpınar, Çayırlı and village.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Gelinpınar, Çayırlı” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Gelinpınar, Çayırlı and village provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10761063. Authority coordinates are 39.783, 40.040. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 1835.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Gelinpınar, Çayırlı”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Gelinpınar, Çayırlı primary sources, Gelinpınar, Çayırlı archive and Gelinpınar research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Gelinpınar, Çayırlı”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Gelinpınar, Çayırlı” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.