Çayıryolu, Bayburt Explained

Type:	village
Province:	Bayburt
District:	Bayburt
Population Total:	231
Population As Of:	2021
Çayıryolu
Other Name:	Sünür
Coordinates:	40.2547°N 39.9122°W

Çayıryolu, formerly Sünür, is a village in the Bayburt District, Bayburt Province, Turkey.^[1] Its population is 231 (2021).^[2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).^[3] The village has a historic mosque and mausoleum.^[4]

The present mosque is largely rebuilt in concrete sometimes after 1967. The minaret of the mosque dates to 1676/77 but its base could be an earlier construction. The mosque was repaired by the Ottomans after the village was burned by the Safavid Tahmasp I in 1548/49. The repairs are commemorated by an Ottoman inscription in the mosque written in Persian with the date of 1550. Located in the mosque's graveyard is a ruined tomb believed to be of the Akkoyunlu ruler Kutlu Bey (d. 1389). Kutlu Bey was the father of Kara Yülük Osman Bey who founded the Akkoyunlu State.

Sünür (derived from the Greek "Sinora", border) has the remains of the ruins of the tower where Mithridates halted on his retreat from Armenia.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Köy
2. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021. 30 January 2023 . TÜİK. tr . XLS.
3. https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/12/20121206-1.htm Law No. 6360
4. Book: T.A. Sinclair. Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume II. 31 December 1989. Pindar Press. 978-1-904597-75-9. 259–.
5. Adrienne Mayor The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates 2009 Page 323 1400833426 "Near a Turkish village still known as Sunur or Sinuri ("Border"), archaeologists have discovered the ruins of Sinora's strong tower. Here, the fugitives were welcomed by Drypetina and the eunuch Meniphilus."
6. Adrian Nicholas Sherwin-White Roman foreign policy in the East, 168 B.C. to A.D. 1 Page 193 - 1984 -"Mithridates made good his escape with some three thousand men to the fortress and treasury of Sinora, on the border of Armenia proper. There he remained long enough to distribute pay to his troops and to learn that Tigranes would give him ..."