Yumurtatepe, Bitlis

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Yumurtatepe
Village
Country Turkey
ProvinceBitlis Province
Population
 (2000)
 • Total349
Time zoneUTC+3
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Yumurtatepe is a village in the Bitlis district of Bitlis province in Turkey.[1] Formally, known as Papshen, Babshen, Papşin or Papşén.[2]

Before the deportations and genocide of the village's Armenian inhabitants, Babshen had a population of 325 individuals in 1909. Located to the village's west was Surp Harutyun church and to its East was a chapel named Lusabdugh Surp Sahak. [3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Yumurtatepe, Bitlis". Yerelnet.org. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Nişanyan Yeradları". nisanyanmap.com.
  3. ^ "Հայաստանի եւ հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան, Թ.Խ. Հակոբյան, Ստ.Տ. Մելիք-Բախշյան, Հ.Խ. Բարսեղյան - բաբշեն". www.nayiri.com.


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