Sırakonak, İspir

Sırakonak Hodiçor, Xodiçur, Xodorçur
Neighbourhood
Sırakonak Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 40°43′57″N 41°11′45.2″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Erzurum
District	İspir
Population  (2022)	251
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	25900

Sırakonak (Armenian: Խոտորջուր, romanized: Xotorǰur or Xodorčur) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of İspir, Erzurum Province in Turkey.[1][2] Its population is 251 (2022).[3] It was formerly known as Hodiçor, Xodiçur and Xodorçur.[4] The former names are derived from the Armenian name of the whole valley, the Khodorchur or Khotorjur. Before the Armenian genocide the settlement was the centre of a group of thirteen villages populated by Catholic Christian Armenians[5]

The Armenians of Khodorchur spoke a distinct dialect of Armenian. It belonged to the Western dialects of Armenian, but had features characteristic of the Eastern dialects as well as features unique to itself or shared only with the neighbouring Armenian dialect of Homshetsma. The Khodorchur dialect is now extinct, and no known vocal recordings of it survive.[6]

The Armenian population of the Khodorchur valley was deported at the end of June 1915.[7]

References

1. "Mahalli İdareler" (in Turkish). İspir Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
2. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
3. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
4. "Sırakonak". Index Anatolicus.
5. Robert H. Hewsen, "Summit of the Earth", p52, in Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.), Armenian Karin/Erzurum, Cosa Mesa, 2003.
   - Simonian, Hovann H., "Hemshin from Islamicization to the End of the Nineteenth Century" in Hovann H. Simonian (ed.) The Hemshin: History, society and identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey. London: Routledge, 2007.
6. Vaux, Bert, "The Armenian Dialect of Khodorjur", paper published in 2012.
7. Simon Payaslian "The Death of Armenian Karin/Erzurum", p353, in Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.), "Armenian Karin/Erzurum", Cosa Mesa, 2003.