On the eve of World War I , there were about 9,523 Armenians ( 1,300 houses ) and 6,774 Turks living in Arapgir . After the 1915 Armenian Genocide , most of the Armenian population of Arapgir was killed or deported . In 1922 the remaining 800 Armenians of Arapgir found refuge in Soviet Armenia . Those who settled in Yerevan lived in a quarter that is now called Arabkir District
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Arapgir