Elevation 780 m (2,560 ft) Postal code 08100 Area code 0466 | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 1,080 (2013) | |
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District Artvin central district | ||
Ortaköy (formerly, Berta) is a village in the Artvin Central District, Artvin Province, Turkey. Situated at 41°15′N 41°59′E, its distance to Artvin is 35 kilometres (22 mi). As of 2013, the population of the village was 1,080.
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.
References
Ortaköy, Artvin Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA