Gulpashan

Golpashan was an Assyrian Christian town located on the western shore of Lake Urmia. The town was once one of the most prosperous towns in Urmia plains but was destroyed and abandoned in 1918. The site is now occupied by the village of Gol Pashin.

History

It is not known exactly when Assyrians first settled in Golpashan but they did found the village. They have continuously inhabited the land since pre-recorded history.

This village played a dramatic part in the Assyrian genocide during and after World War I. It was attacked in February 1915 by bands of Turks .^[1] Another attack in 1918 destroyed the settlement completely.

Churches

Golpashan has at least three main churches:

Mar Sehyon (St. Zion) Assyrian Church of the East
Mar Gewargis Assyrian Chaldean Catholic Church
St. Mary Assyrian Evangelical Church

People from Golpashan

Eden Naby Assyrian historian.^[2]

Notes

^ Gaunt & Beṯ-Şawoce 2006, p. 116
^ "Eden Naby". Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-07-06.

References

Gaunt, David; Beṯ-Şawoce, Jan (2006), Massacres, resistance, protectors: Muslim-Christian relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I, Gorgias Press LLC, ISBN 978-1-59333-301-0^{[permanent dead link‍]}.

[gaunt116-1] Gaunt & Beṯ-Şawoce 2006, p. 116

[2] "Eden Naby". Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-07-06.

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