Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Gaziantep" in English language version.
Dimashki writes in the early part of the fourteenth century, 'lies north-east of Halab. It is a place with a strong castle. The people are Turkomans. There is a small river here, and gardens.' (Dim., 205.)
Alle Christen, die gegen Norden von Haleb wohnen, sind Armenier. Fast in allen Dörfern und Flecken zwischen Haleb und Aintab wird türkisch, aber kein arabisch gesprochen. In der Gegend von Aintab halten sich die turkomanischen Stämme(...)
Aintab peut avoir 15,000 haibtants: Turcs, Arméniens, schismatiques et quelques Grecs.
Aintab, which is chiefly inhabited by Turkomans,
The population amounts to 27,000 souls; of whom 18,000 are Turks, 8,500 Armenians, and 500 Jews. Turkish is the language universally used; the Armenians having completely forgotten ther mother tongue, though in the books which they make use of they employ the Armenian characters, from their superior simplicity to the Arabic. The inhabitants of the country are chiefly Turks, who claim their property in the land as far as back as the time of the old Seljoukian dynasty. (...) Turks residing at Aintab, who form the wealthy portion of its Mussulman population(...)
The population of Aintab in 1914, before the Armenian deportations started, was about 80,000;. The Armenians constituted a minority-30,000. These were divided as follows: Armenian protestants—4000; Catholics—400; and the rest, i.e., the bulk of Armenians belonging to the Armenian national apostolic church. Apostolic is a designation, chiefly because the Armenian church was founded by the apostles Thaddeus and Bartholemew. There were 2000 Kurds and a few hundred Cherkesse immigrants from the Caucasus regions, and the remainder of the 80,000; population consisted of Turks, who formed a majority group in the city.
Aintab, Gazi Antep in Turkish, about 80 km north-northeast from Aleppo and about 40 km from the Syrian-Turkish border, is commonly held to be the site of Antiochia ad Taurum
Gaziantep's population is a mixture of communities, including the ethnic Turks who make up the majority, Professor Casana said. Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, Gaziantep has become home to about 470,000 Syrian refugees, according to the United Nations. But even before the war, busloads of Syrians were crossing the border almost daily to shop in Gaziantep as Turkey pushed stronger economic ties with Syria. Syrians, who now make up more than 20 percent of the population, have transformed Gaziantep, investing and bringing business skills and cheap labor. Many of the city's textile factories were built by Syrian migrants. Turkish and Syrian companies share buildings and workers. Hundreds of cafes, restaurants and pastry shops there cater to Syrians. There is also a large Kurdish community, mostly concentrated in certain towns and neighborhoods, Professor Casana said. Kurds have been involved in a long-running conflict with the Turkish government. The Islamic State, which has fought Kurds in Syria, has also targeted the Kurds in Gaziantep, including the 2014 bombing of a Kurdish wedding, an attack that killed more than 50 people.
The population of Aintab in 1914, before the Armenian deportations started, was about 80,000;. The Armenians constituted a minority-30,000. These were divided as follows: Armenian protestants—4000; Catholics—400; and the rest, i.e., the bulk of Armenians belonging to the Armenian national apostolic church. Apostolic is a designation, chiefly because the Armenian church was founded by the apostles Thaddeus and Bartholemew. There were 2000 Kurds and a few hundred Cherkesse immigrants from the Caucasus regions, and the remainder of the 80,000; population consisted of Turks, who formed a majority group in the city.
Dimashki writes in the early part of the fourteenth century, 'lies north-east of Halab. It is a place with a strong castle. The people are Turkomans. There is a small river here, and gardens.' (Dim., 205.)
Alle Christen, die gegen Norden von Haleb wohnen, sind Armenier. Fast in allen Dörfern und Flecken zwischen Haleb und Aintab wird türkisch, aber kein arabisch gesprochen. In der Gegend von Aintab halten sich die turkomanischen Stämme(...)
Aintab peut avoir 15,000 haibtants: Turcs, Arméniens, schismatiques et quelques Grecs.
Aintab, which is chiefly inhabited by Turkomans,
The population amounts to 27,000 souls; of whom 18,000 are Turks, 8,500 Armenians, and 500 Jews. Turkish is the language universally used; the Armenians having completely forgotten ther mother tongue, though in the books which they make use of they employ the Armenian characters, from their superior simplicity to the Arabic. The inhabitants of the country are chiefly Turks, who claim their property in the land as far as back as the time of the old Seljoukian dynasty. (...) Turks residing at Aintab, who form the wealthy portion of its Mussulman population(...)
The Moslem inhabitants are mainly of Turkoman origin, and used to owe fealty to chieftains of the family of Chapan Oglu, whose headquarters were at Yuzgat in Cappadocia.
