Tegarama was one of the eastern cities of the Hittite kingdom. In the geographic sense it fell within the Armenian Highland, which is why its history is of special interest to us. Taking into account the fact that the Armenian people had considerable ethnic ties with the upper Euphrates region, specialists have traditionally tended to identify “The House of Torgom” in the trans-Euphrates region together with the city Tegarama (Assyrian Til-Garimmu) mentioned from the 2nd millennium BC. “The House of Torgom” is a literal translation of “Bet-Togarma” mentioned in the Bible. The study of the history of Tegarama is also important because in Armenian historiography, starting from Movses Khorenatsi, the Armenian progenitor Hayk is called “Son of Torgom”, and the Armenian people are referred to as “the People of Torgom”.

Most researchers have placed Tegarama in or near the present town of Gürün. By comparing Cappadocian, Hittite, and Assyrian sources, Tegarama can be located in the upper Euphrates valley, on the right bank of the river, to the north of Kargamis, to the west of Isuwa, to the south of the Upper Land, and to the east of Kanes.

 The territory of Tegarama was not far from Nesa - one of the first Hittite centers - and it was also one of the initial places of Hittite settlement. Tegarama also occupied a strategically important position: on the one hand it bordered on the country of Mitanni, on the other hand Isuwa. Thus, the region of Tegarama occupied a significant geographic position. Roads led from here to other western regions of the Armenian Highland, to Tsopk (Sophene), as well as to northern Syria and northern Mesopotamia. It was also one of the spiritual centers of Hatti.