Harput and its vicinity fell under Turkish control in the year 1085 as the outcome of the Manzikert battle on August 26 , 1071 . The Çubukoğulları , Artuqids , Sultanate of Rum , Ilkhanate , Beylik of Dulkadir , Aq Qoyunlu , Safavids and Ottomans had reigned in the region Harput was an important station of the American missionaries for many years . The missionaries built Euphrates College , a theological seminary , and boys ' and girls ' schools . It operated until 1915 when its buildings were confiscated and used by the Ottoman army as barracks . In November 1895 , government backed Turks and Kurds massacred , looted and burned the Armenian villages on the plain . In the same month Harput was attacked and the American schools were burned down . During the Armenian Genocide , many residents were killed
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
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