Süleymanlı
mahalle (adminstrative quarter) in Onikişubat, Kahramanmaraş, southern Turkey
Süleymanlı, historically Zeitoun (Armenian: Զէյթուն), Zeytoun, Zeytunfimis or Zeytünfimis, is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Onikişubat, Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its population is 475 (2022).
The village has an ancient history as a center of settlement. It was established on the Zeytun Stream in a narrow valley between the Ceyhan River and the Göksun Stream in the west of Maraş, between the high mountains and 69 km (43 mi) north of the center of Kahramanmaraş. The surface of the region has a very indented and protruding surface as it is cut by many streams with abundant water and strong flow. For this reason, the houses have an irregular appearance of leaning on steep slopes.
Name and etymology
The name Zeitun comes from the Arabic word for olive. Another name for the town and the surrounding district used by Armenians is Ulnia. After the Turkish government had already changed the town's name to Yeni Şehir (lit. 'New City'), the town was renamed Süleymanlı on 8 June 1915 after the Turkish military commander Süleyman Bey who was killed fighting Armenian resistance against the Armenian Genocide in the town in 1915.
History
Medieval period
The monastery of Bārid, a major Syriac Orthodox monastery, was built close to the village in 969 and existed until around 1213.
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