Editing Cilicia (section)

== Society ==
Cilicia was one of the most important regions for the [[Ottoman Armenians]] because it managed very well to preserve Armenian character throughout the years. In fact, the Cilician highlands were densely populated by Armenians in small but prosperous towns and villages such as [[Hadjin]] and [[Süleymanlı|Zeitun]], two mountainous areas where autonomy was maintained until the 19th century.<ref name=ArmenianPpl>Bournoutian, Ani Atamian. "Cilician Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times, Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century''. Ed. Richard G. Hovannisian. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997, pp. 283-290. {{ISBN|1-4039-6421-1}}.</ref><ref name=Treatment>{{cite book |last=Bryce |first=James |author-link=James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce |title=The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire |publisher=Textor Verlag |location=Frankfurt |year=2008 |pages=465–467 |isbn=978-3-938402-15-3}}</ref> In ports and cities of the Adana plain, commerce and industry were almost entirely in the hands of the Armenians and they remained so thanks to a constant influx of Armenians from the highlands. Their population was continuously increasing in numbers in Cilicia in contrast to other parts of the Ottoman Empire, where it was, since 1878, decreasing due to repression.