· mezirme.com
Mezirme is the local name of Ballıkaya, in the Hekimhan district of Malatya. Although its official name has changed, the village’s people and the surrounding villages still call it Mezirme. mezirme.com was set up to record the history, culture and present of this place, citing its sources.
Why a site like this?
A great deal of information about Mezirme circulates on the internet and in print. Some of it rests on official records and academic studies; some comes from the compilations of local researchers, from memories and from stories passed on by word of mouth. All of it has value, but readers need to know what each piece rests on.
That is why every piece of information on the site is accompanied by what it rests on:
- Documented information is based on official data, an academic publication or an archival record.
- Reported information is taken from a local study or a news report and has not yet been confirmed by another source.
- Passages marked as an oral account are spoken testimony; who told them and on what date is stated.
Whom does this site serve?
No individual, family or group. No one’s personal opinions appear on the site. The aim is to create a reliable and lasting record that describes Mezirme. For details, see our editorial principles.
What is coming?
We have a large number of documents and pieces of information waiting to be published. We will examine them one by one and add them to the site together with their sources. In the coming period we will add:
- new documents to the History page,
- the village’s places, with their locations, to the Places section,
- photographs with permissions and full details, suitable for printing, to the photo archive,
- villagers’ own accounts to the Oral history section.
You can contribute too
If you have an old photograph or document, or a memory you would like to share, take a look at the contribute page or write directly to mezirme@meztech.llc. Everything you send is published with your permission, together with your name and the date.