Ortaköy, Uludere
Ortaköy (Kurdish: Oriş; Syriac: Ārōsh) is a village in the Uludere District in Şırnak province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Kaşuran tribe and had a population of 731 in 2021.[1][2]
Ortaköy | |
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 Village | |
  Ortaköy Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37.327°N 43.280°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şırnak |
| District | Uludere |
| Population (2021)[1] | 731 |
| Time zone | TRT (UTC+3) |
History
Ārōsh (today called Ortaköy) was historically inhabited by Assyrian people and located in the Lower Tyari district in the Hakkari region.[3] According to the English missionary George Percy Badger, the village was inhabited by 17 Assyrian families in 1850, all of whom belonged to the Church of the East; this grew to 20 families in 1877 when visited by Edward Lewes Cutts, by which time a church had also been built.[3] Ārōsh was served as part of the diocese of the Patriarch of the Church of the East.[4] The village was destroyed by the Ottoman Army in June 1915 amidst the Sayfo.[5]
References
- "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- Baz (2016), p. 104.
- Wilmshurst (2000), p. 288.
- Aboona (2008), p. 291.
- Yacoub (2016), p. 166.
Bibliography
- Aboona, Hirmis (2008). Assyrians, Kurds, and Ottomans: Intercommunal Relations on the Periphery of the Ottoman Empire. Cambria Press. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- Baz, Ibrahim (2016). Şırnak aşiretleri ve kültürü (in Turkish). p. 104. ISBN 9786058849631.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers.
- Yacoub, Joseph (2016). Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History. Translated by James Ferguson. Oxford University Press.