Gergeme

Actually one of the reason I have been researching, reading, traveling is to find out "who I really am?" ( in the sense of ancestry) not what my passport or my ID says who I am. Sancak or Sanjak, those were, like most "quotes" from the writings, I quote the way it is written, or I change to make it sound "familiar". It shows that it is working:) You must be American. "It is not important what is said, but it is important WHO says it". Land of Hypocracy, "hate mongering is too bad, it is said, yet it is the land of Hate Mongering", Champion of democracy , yet, allie and supporter of all the Dictatorships, death squads", Champion of Peace, yet there is no other country had more war in last fifty years than her" Champion of cleaning the world from the weapons of mass destruction , yet no other country has more WMD than her, and the only one who used and lets other use I love the song of louis Armstrong(full version), what a wonderfull world; "it aint the world so bad, what we doing to it" "lots more of us loved each other, we'd solve lots more problems"

Thanks, I will check on that. The village people have been relocated to a nearby, newly constructed neighbor around 1970's. Vilage is empty http://www.findthelinks.com/history/gergeme/ Historical curved stones, stones from the churches are visible everywhere, at the edge of streams, as divider between the vegetable gardens, inside the houses. The names of the sections of the vilage still called (at least by my mom) with the names ending "..yan" I have to find out about "summit people" thanks again

"to visit the place and talk about it?".. I will be visiting in a few months, with an architect friend of mine. I only need historical data thru which I am planning to find out the "family" of original residents. I don't really need "wise ..." comments, but simple but historically beneficial help. Village is close the village where Elia Kazan's was born and spent his childhood. Later it became a village of " "Buniyan", "Tezkiretu'l Bunyan" or "Bunyan-i Hamid " which was also detached from Sivas in 1331 and given to Kayseri independent sancak. Anyone's help with some "input" shall greatly be appreciated. Thanks

I have been trying to find information about Pinarbasi and especially for the village called "Gergeme". Once Armenian and Greeks lived there. A georgious place used to be as I can remember. I have seen some pictures lately, totally deserted, no one lives anymore but the ancient houses still intact. The church at the top of the cliff, in the middle of a heavenly green acres and water all around seems to be still there. The famous Architect "Mimar Sinan" lived there before he was converted to islam and went to Istanbul. The village is a thousand plus year old. I am trying to find historical information, pictures, people who knows about the place. We want to do do something about it before it disappears from the face of the earth. Any one who can direct me to the sites, organizations, libraries etc from where I can get information will be doing a great thing for the history. Thanks