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History of Aintab, South East of present day Turkey

 Various information from Social Media Aintab groups. S Saving them in here: Cesar J. Ch.:  Europeans started showing up in Aintab with Napoleon invading Egypt in late 18th century and Egypt’s Wazir Ali taking over Aintab as his capital in the 1840s. The Missionaries “invaded” Asia Minor after the liberation of Greece in the 1830s. No doubt there was a mandate for Armenian women to be veiled, which would have been at remote non Christian villages. Otherwise, bigger towns were teeming with Europeans and European fashion since the early 1800s. Today in parts of Iran, same veiling requirements apply to all women, including Armenians.

Earthquake map of Asia Minor, Middle East, Near East area over many centuries

Here is the link to the latest earthquakes. This site has all the latest earthquakes happening around the world: Updated Information on March 2, 2023 Earthquake Damage and Corruption Are Intertwined in Erdogan’s Turkey by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · February 20, 2023 With each passing day, the number of victims of the earthquake in Turkey is increasing. Our heart goes out to the nearly 50,000 dead and close to 200,000 injured as of now. The ancient city of Antioch (Antakya) with a population of 250,000 has been mostly reduced to rubble. Article link: https://www.thecaliforniacourier.com/earthquake-damage-and-corruption-are-intertwined-in-erdogans-turkey/    ======================= https://earthquaketrack.com/?fbclid=IwAR1MkfI5cz4zzv-sJGaWVJhLkHIuMTweoz4YHP9tdm7J5IBV7HUHuofhcw0 If you know of other relevant information, please feel free to share. Add your comment to this thread. Ear...