Ortaköy, Uludere

Ortaköy
Ārosh
Village
The mountainous landscape.
Ortaköy
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°19′41″N 43°16′00″E / 37.32806°N 43.26667°E / 37.32806; 43.26667Coordinates: 37°19′41″N 43°16′00″E / 37.32806°N 43.26667°E / 37.32806; 43.26667
Country  Turkey
Province Şırnak
District Uludere
Government
 • Mayor Zeynep Üren (BDP)
Elevation 1,402 m (4,600 ft)
Population (2013)
 • Total 3,000
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 73 600
Area code(s) 0482
Licence plate 47

Ortaköy is a village in the district of Uludere in Şırnak province, Turkey.[1] Ortaköy is 55 kilometres (34 mi) away from the district of Uludere and it is located in southeastern Turkey, just on the western border of the Hakkari province.

History

The village used to be an ancient Assyrian tribe, part of Assyria, called Ārosh Taxtayta (Lower Arosh) within the historical Assyrian district of Tyari and was populated by Assyrian people up until Seyfo in 1914.[2] The Assyrian village Ārosh Alayta (Upper Arosh), now named Yukariarus, in Hakkari, is less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) away, closely bordering the province of Sirnak. Halmon is around 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the northeast in Andaç and Gérāmon to the northwest, just right next to Halmon. Assyrian inhabitants of these proximate villages have ever since intermixed.[3]

Geography

Rather close to the border of Northern Iraq and within the upper reaches of Mesopotamia, the village is situated in a precipitous highland on a valley and is surrounded by mountains. The area's vegetation is Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub. Summers are hot and dry with temperatures around 33 °C and winters are cold and wet, hovering around 4 °C. Snowfall is common in the cool months.

Economy

The economy of the village is based on livestock and beekeeping.

Infrastructure

There is a primary school in the village. The village has drinking water network but there is no sewer network. There is no PTT branch and agency. There is no health clinic. There is electricity and fixed telephone ADSL internet infrastructure in the village.

Population

Population by years
2013 3,000
2007 1,082
2000 1,023
1997 734

See also

References

  1. ↑ "[YerelNET] ORTAKÖY KÖYÜ". www.yerelnet.org.tr. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  2. ↑ http://www.aina.org/maps/chevalier/chevalier8.htm
  3. ↑ "Assyrian villages in Hakkari Assyrian villages in Hakkari".
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