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Ortaçalı, Elâzığ
Ortaçalı is a village of Elazığ District in Elazığ Province eastern Turkey. Its population is 176 (2021). The village is populated by Kurds of the Parçikan (tribe), Parçikan tribe. Earthquakes In 2007 an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred on Sunday, February 25, 2007, centered on the town. Ortaçalı was also strongly impacted by the 2020 Elazığ earthquake. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortacalı, Elazıg Villages in Elazığ District Kurdish settlements in Elazığ Province ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orman - Panoramio (1)
Orman may refer to: People *Aldona Orman (born 1968), Polish actress *Alen Orman (born 1978), Austrian football player *Charles Orman (1859–1927), British cricketer and soldier *Fikret Orman (born 1967), Turkish businessman *Greg Orman (born 1968), American businessman and senatorial candidate from Kansas *Jack Orman, American television writer, producer and director *James Bradley Orman (1849–1919), American politician and railroad builder *John Orman (1949–2009), American political scientist *Kate Orman (born 1968), Australian author *Lorraine Orman (born 1948), New Zealand writer *Miles Orman, American actor *Olga Orman (1943–2021), Dutch-Aruban writer, poet and storyteller *Rick Orman (born 1948), Canadian politician *Roscoe Orman (born 1944), American actor *Suze Orman (born 1951), American financial advisor, author, motivational speaker, and television host *William T. Orman (died 1888), American politician Places ;Egypt *Orman Garden, botanical garden in Giza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akpınar - Panoramio - Emre Akçaat
Akpınar (a Turkish toponym meaning "white spring" or "white fountain") may refer to: People * Ismet Akpınar (born 1995), German basketball player * Mehmet Akpınar (born 1940), Turkish fencer *Metin Akpınar (born 1941), Turkish actor Places *Akpınar, Adıyaman, a village in the central district of Adıyaman Province, Turkey * Akpınar, Alaca *Akpınar, Bartın, a village in the central district of Bartın Province, Turkey * Akpınar, Bayat, a village in the district of Bayat, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey *Akpınar, Başmakçı, a village in the district of Başmakçı, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey *Akpınar, Bayramiç * Akpınar, Besni, a village in the district of Besni, Adıyaman Province, Turkey * Akpınar, Biga * Akpınar, Borçka, a village in the district of Borçka, Artvin Province, Turkey * Akpınar, Bozüyük, a village in the district of Bozüyük, Bilecik Province, Turkey *Akpınar, Çameli *Akpınar, Çermik * Akpınar, Cumayeri * Akpınar, Daday, a village in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elazığ District
Elazığ District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central") is a district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city Elazığ.İl Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 20 December 2022. Its area is 2,243 km2, and its population is 443,363 (2021). Composition There are 5 in Elazığ District: * Akçakiraz * Elazığ * |
Elazığ Province
Elazığ () is a city in the Eastern Anatolia Region, Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, and the administrative centre of Elazığ Province and Elazığ District. Founded in and around the former city of Harput, it is located in the uppermost Euphrates valley. The plain on which the city extends has an altitude of . Elazığ resembles an inland peninsula surrounded by the natural Lake Hazar and reservoirs of Keban Dam, Karakaya Dam, Kralkızı Dam, Kıralkızı and Özlüce Dam, Özlüce. Its population is 387,072 (2022). History In 1927 the office of the Inspector general, Inspector General was created, which governed with martial law. The province was included in the first Inspectorates-General (Turkey), Inspectorate General (''Umumi Müfettişlik'', UM) over which the Inspector General ruled. The UM spanned over the provinces of Hakkâri Province, Hakkâri, Siirt Province, Siirt, Van Province, Van, Mardin Province, Mardin, Bitlis Province, Bitlis, Şanlıurfa Province, Şanlı ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TÜİK
Turkish Statistical Institute (commonly known as TurkStat; or TÜİK) is the Turkish government agency commissioned with producing official statistics on Turkey, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It was founded in 1926 and headquartered in Ankara. Formerly named as the State Institute of Statistics (Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü (DİE)), the institute was renamed as the Turkish Statistical Institute on November 18, 2005. See also * List of Turkish provinces by life expectancy References External linksOfficial website of the institute National statistical services Statistical Organizations established in 1926 Organizations based in Ankara {{Sci-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syria. Consisting of 30–45 million people, the global Kurdish population is largely concentrated in Kurdistan, but significant communities of the Kurdish diaspora exist in parts of West Asia beyond Kurdistan and in parts of Europe, most notably including: Turkey's Central Anatolian Kurds, as well as Kurds in Istanbul, Istanbul Kurds; Iran's Khorasani Kurds; the Caucasian Kurds, primarily in Kurds in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan and Kurds in Armenia, Armenia; and the Kurdish populations in various European countries, namely Kurds in Germany, Germany, Kurds in France, France, Kurds in Sweden, Sweden, and the Kurds in the Netherlands, Netherlands. The Kurdish language, Kurdish languages and the Zaza–Gorani languages, both of which belong to the Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parçikan (tribe)
Parçikan () is a Kurdish tribe residing mainly in Elazığ Province in Turkey. The tribe numbers around 20,000 members and are predominantly Sunni Muslims. The tribe is transhumant nomadic. History The tribe lived around Azerbaijan and Iran before migrating westward after the Mongol invasion and settled around Baskil which during the period of the governance of Aq Qoyunlu, Safavid Iran and the Ottoman Empire went under the name of ''Hersini.'' In the 17th century, ''Hersini'' was densely populated by Kurdish tribes, including Parçikan but also the Zeyve and Herdi tribes. Due to the heavy tax obligations in the Sanjak of Harput, some members of the tribe dispersed to surrounding areas. In addition, some tribe members were forcefully settled in various places in Anatolia. According to tribe leader Dursun Demez, the Ottomans handed over the Sarıçiçek Plateau in Kemaliye district to his tribe in 1245 by an edict, allowing the tribe to use the land for nomadic pastoralism. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Elazığ Earthquake
The 2020 Elazığ earthquake occurred at 20:55 local time (17:55 UTC) on 24 January in Turkey. The magnitude of the earthquake was determined to be 6.7 . The earthquake's epicentre was close to the town of Sivrice in Elazığ Province and felt in the neighbouring provinces of Diyarbakır, Malatya and Adıyaman, and the neighbouring countries of Armenia, Syria and Iran. Kandilli Observatory reported the magnitude of the earthquake as 6.5 . A total of 41 people were killed and more than 1,600 were injured. Tectonic setting Most of Turkey lies on the Anatolian Plate, which is being forced westwards by the collision between the Arabian plate and the Eurasian plate. This westward movement is accommodated by two large strike-slip fault zones, the west–east trending right lateral North Anatolian Fault in the north of the country and the SW-NE trending left lateral East Anatolian Fault towards the south-east. Movement on these two faults has been responsible for many large and da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages In Elazığ District
A village is a human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a Church (building), church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
