Ortaköy, Artvin

Ortaköy
(Berta)
Village
Ortaköy
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°15′N 41°59′E / 41.250°N 41.983°E / 41.250; 41.983Coordinates: 41°15′N 41°59′E / 41.250°N 41.983°E / 41.250; 41.983
Country  Turkey
Province Artvin Province
District Artvin central district
Elevation 780 m (2,560 ft)
Population (2013)
 • Total 1,080
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 08100
Area code(s) 0466
Licence plate 08

Ortaköy (formerly, Berta) is a village in the Artvin Central District, Artvin Province, Turkey. Situated at 41°15′N 41°59′E / 41.250°N 41.983°E / 41.250; 41.983, its distance to Artvin is 35 kilometres (22 mi). As of 2013, the population of the village was 1,080.[1]

History

The area around Ortaköy was a part of the medieval Georgian principality of Klarjeti and housed the flourishing monastic center Berta, which was founded in the 9th century. The area fell to the eventual Ottoman conquest in the latter half of the 16th century. It was taken over by the Russian Empire in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, but reverted to the Turkish control in the aftermath of World War I. The surviving edifice of the Georgian monastery has been used as a mosque.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Institute Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Khoshtaria, David (2009). "Past and Present of the Georgian Sinai: A Survey of Architectural History and Current State of Monasteries in Klarjeti". In Soustal, Peter. Heilige Berge und Wüsten: Byzanz und sein Umfeld; Referate auf dem 21. Internationalen Kongress für Byzantinistik, London, 21.–26. August 2006. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. 80. ISBN 3700165617.
  3. ↑ Kadiroğlu, Mine (2008). "Islamic Features in the Architecture of Tao-Klardjet". In Kellner-Heinkele, Barbara; Gierlichs, Joachim; Heuer, Brigitte. Islamic Art and Architecture in the European Periphery: Crimea, Caucasus, and the Volga-Ural Region. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 188–189. ISBN 9783447057530.


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