Ortaköy (formerly: Berta) is a village in the Artvin District, Artvin Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 988 (2021).[2] Its distance to Artvin is 35 kilometres (22 mi).
Ortaköy
Berta | |
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  Ortaköy Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 41°15′N 41°59′E / 41.250°N 41.983°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Artvin |
| District | Artvin |
| Elevation | 1,020 m (3,350 ft) |
| Population (2021) | 988 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 08100 |
| Area code | 0466 |
History edit
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.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ 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 (ed.). 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.
- ^ Kadiroğlu, Mine (2008). "Islamic Features in the Architecture of Tao-Klardjet". In Kellner-Heinkele, Barbara; Gierlichs, Joachim; Heuer, Brigitte (eds.). 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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