Ortaköy, Mut
Ortaköy | |
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Village | |
  Ortaköy Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 36°41′N 33°25′E / 36.683°N 33.417°ECoordinates: 36°41′N 33°25′E / 36.683°N 33.417°E | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Province | Mersin Province |
| District | Mut |
| Elevation | 185 m (610 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 228 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 33600 |
| Area code(s) | 0324 |
| Licence plate | 33 |
Ortaköy is a village in Mut district of Mersin Province, Turkey. It is at 36°41′N 33°25′E / 36.683°N 33.417°E on the state highway 
D.715 . The distance to Mut is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and to Mersin is 165 kilometres (103 mi). Population of Ortaköy was 228[1] as of 2012. Main economic activity is agriculture. It is an Alevi settlement founded in 1522. And the people of this place belong to the Afshar (and Begdilli) tribe and they are grandsons of the Karamanids.[1]
Population of Ortaköy
Population: Ortaköy, which is known as "Mutkiptian" according to documents, had a population of 160 people (73 women, 87 men) in 24 households in 1913. It is noteworthy that the village population followed an unstable course in the Republican period. The population, which was 71 in 1935, increased to 147 in 1940; Then it started to decline and fell to 117 in 1945. The highest population figure that can be seen was 287 people in 1985; but it started to decline again in the following years.
1913: 160
1935: 71
1940: 147
1950: 81
1970: 127
1975: 218
1980: 263
1985: 287
1990: 276
1997: 180
2000:198
2007: 193 [2]
References[]
- ^ "Turkstat". Turkish Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 25 November 2012.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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