The city was acquired by Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I ( 1389 – 1402 ) . In 1398 , Tamerlane swept into the area and his forces destroyed the city in 1400 , after which it was recaptured by the Ottomans in 1408 . Under the Ottomans , Sivas served as the administrative center of the province of Rum until about the late 19th century . The Armenian Apostolic Church maintained six Armenian churches in Sivas , being the Meryemana , Surp Sarkis , Surp Minas , Surp Prgitsh , Surp Hagop , Surp Kevork , four monasteries Surp Nschan , Surp Hreshdagabed , Surp Anabad , Surp Hntragadar , an Armenian Apostolic orphanage and several schools . The Armenian Catholic Church and the Latins also had one church and a metropolitan of Sebastea , as did the Greek Orthodox Church . Two Protestant churches and eight , mostly German - and American-staffed , schools . During the genocide against Armenians as well as against Greek Christians from July 5 , 1915 onwards , the Christian community of Sivas was exterminated by deportations and mass executions
genocide against Armenians
Armenian Genocide
Sivas