Kemaliye
Kemaliye, formerly Eğin, is one of the nine districts of Erzincan province. Kemaliye, located on the northwest border of the Eastern Anatolia Region and southwest of Erzincan province, is a settlement established in the Karasu valley to the west of the Munzur Mountains. The area of the district is 1,168 km². The district is bordered by İliç (Erzincan) in the north, Arapkir (Malatya) and Ağın (Elazığ) in the south, Divriği (Sivas) in the west, Çemişgezek and Ovacık (Tunceli) in the east. It is a transition area between provinces. The settlement center starts from 845 meters on the lake shore and rises up to 1000-1100 meters along the slope. Kemaliye is located 152 km from Erzincan, 144 km from Elazig and 185 km from Malatya in terms of access roads. The name of Kemaliye before 1922 was Eğin. Egin Gokturk means 'garden as beautiful as heaven'. region, BC. II. It has remained under Assyrian, Greco-Persian, Roman-Byzantine domination in its history dating back to the millennium BC. The settlement of Turkish tribes in the region coincides with the year 1058. Afterwards, it is seen that the region, which includes Kemaliye, came under the sovereignty of the Anatolian Seljuk State, Ilkhanid State and Akkoyunlular. It joined the Ottoman lands during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Çelebi Mehmed. Çelebi Mehmed settled some of the families who migrated from the Caucasus in Eğin and gave Istanbul meat kethüda (sales management) to earn their livelihood. Afterwards, IV. During the Murad period, wood and coal kethüda were also given. Especially in the 19th century, commercial relations with other settlements, especially Aleppo and Baghdad, increased. It is known that the people are interested in agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as professions such as food weaving, carpet weaving, house-builder, and stone masonry in the region. Yellow sahtiari (dyed and polished leather), "manusa fabric" woven on hand looms, paint, carpet, and silk increased as export products, while gold, silver, spices and coffee came in return as imported products. The Anatolian district of Kemaliye, the subject of folk songs, poems and novels, is a hidden paradise by the Euphrates with its historical streets, wooden houses and natural beauties. The beauty of Erzincan's Kemaliye district has been registered on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
