Armenian Genocide subsoil and industrial losses / 1919-2015

Hasancelebi Iron Mine

iron / mine. more than 10,8 million tonnes of iron metal, located in Malatya Province Hasancelebi Iron Mine , owned by Eti Maden (Parent - Savings Deposit Insurance Fund of Turkey), as the largest iron reserve in Turkey, with more than 10,8 million tonnes of iron metal, located in Malatya Province. Malatya (Classical Melitene), a center of Armenian culture in Armenia Minor, was reported by the Roman historian Procopius to have had many temples, agoras and theatres, no trace of which is left today. In the middle ages, the city had a population of over 60 000. The city had a large Armenian population (est. 20 000) which was ethnically cleansed during the 1895-1896 Hamidian massacres and later the Armenian Genocide. Of the five churches in the city, three belonged to the Armenian Church. It was also an episcopal see of the Armenian church for a period, had a large monastery dedicated to St. Gregory the Illuminator, and a number of Armenian school.