I am indebted to the support I have received from people all over the world since I started this site in June, 2001. This includes not only Armenians from Europe, the Americas, and Armenia, but also from Turkish citizens.
To my fellow Armenians, shnorhagalem!
To my new Turkish friends, who have offered assistance with this site, Tesekkur Ederim!
Many people have sent in photographs, and information, and yet have wished to remain anonymous. I am grateful to you all.
I am particularly indebted to Seyda Güngör Açikgöz for the architectural studies of Surp Stepanos church.
Any input is greatly appreciated. A few things would be particularly useful:
• Any photos, old or new, of Efkere. Also, any older photographs of the villagers taken in Efkere.
• Any historic documents relating to the village.
• A translation of the cornerstone of St. Stepanos, if possible. It is worn, and perhaps is now illegible, but maybe somebody can make sense out of it. Click here for some photographs of this cornerstone.
• Any knowledge of where particular families lived in town. At one point, the diaspora Efkeretzis are said to have created a map of the village. Does anybody have any knowledge of its whereabouts?
• Any first hand accounts of the village.
• Any scrap of information, no matter how trivial. I am also hoping to eventually list all known villagers, so please send along any information you might have.
• I am also looking for relatives from the Kojaian, Kotsaian, Gogaian, Devedjian, and Devejian families from Efkere.
Ideally, I would like for this website to be a repository of all known information on this village. But I can’t achieve that aim without your help. If you have anything to add to the body of knowledge presented thus far, please let me know at: