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Flag of the Elaziğ Special Provincial Administration - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 13 January 2018
The flag of the Elaziğ Special Provincial Administration is white with the administration's emblem. "İl Özel İdaresi" means "Special Provincial Administration".
The emblem features the town's landmark, the Harput citadel standing
above cliffs, and one of the largest castles still preserved in Türkiye.
The citadel was extensively rebuilt around 1370 by İbrahim and Halil
Dulgadıroğulları after a Mamluk siege. The Ak Koyunlu ruler Uzun Hasan
erected the northern tower between 1465 and 1476. At the end of the
Ottoman Empire, the citadel had lost any military role but was still
containing civilian houses and a mosque.
Elâzığ is the successor of the old town of Harput, which overlooks it
from the north-east. Harput appears to have emerged as a town under the
second Byzantine occupation (10th-11th centuries). The settlement that
developed around the citadel attracted several inhabitants from the
neighboring places, especially the town of Arsamosata.
Çubuk, a Turkish ruler, seized the town around 1085 and was confirmed
possession by Malik Shah, sultan of Seljuk Iran. The great mosque was
built during that period. Harput was then taken over by Balak (d. 1024),
who preserved autonomy from the Artukids, as his successors managed to
do until the Seljuk gained control of the area in 1234. Population
transfer from Arsamosata had then been completed.
The Crusaders Joscelin de Courtenay and Baldwin, King of Jerusalem, were
jailed in the castle in 1122 and 1123, respectively. Joscelin soon
escaped, while Armenians disguised as monks and merchants seized the
castle for a while, being quickly expelled by Balak. Baldwin was spared
and ransomed a year later.
Incorporated in 1515 to the Ottoman Empire, Harput was a significant
industrial and religious center. In 1834, the governor of the sanjak of
Harput moved the seat of the administration down to the plain, in the
hamlet of Mezre, initiating a population transfer. After the building of
a barracks in 1838 and the establishment of the vilayet of Mezre in
1879, the new town definitively superseded Harput. Its name,
Mamuret-el-Aziz was then change to Elâzığ.
[A. Sinclair. Eastern Türkiye: An architectural and archaeological
survey. Vol. III. The Pindar Press, 1989]
Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 14 January 2018
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Flag of the Elaziğ Union of Chambers of Tradesmen and Craftsmen - Image by Ivan Sache, 3 November 2019
The flag of the Elaziğ Union of Chambers of Tradesmen and Craftsmen (photo, photo, photo) is white with the union's emblem.
Ivan Sache, 3 November 2019
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