Pertek

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Pertek
View of Pertek, the 16th century Celebi Ali mosque is visible in the left of the image. In the background is lake Keban.
View of Pertek, the 16th century Celebi Ali mosque is visible in the left of the image. In the background is lake Keban.
Pertek is located in Turkey
Pertek
Pertek
Coordinates: 38°52′01″N 39°19′30″E / 38.86694°N 39.32500°E / 38.86694; 39.32500Coordinates: 38°52′01″N 39°19′30″E / 38.86694°N 39.32500°E / 38.86694; 39.32500
Country Turkey
ProvinceTunceli
Government
 • MayorRuhan Alan (CHP)
 • KaymakamArif Gül
Area
[1]
 • District945.02 km2 (364.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
7,077
 • District
12,198
 • District density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Post code
62500
ClimateCsa
Websitewww.pertek.bel.tr

Pertek (Kurdish: Pêrteg,[3] Armenian: Բերդակ) is a small city and its surrounding district in Tunceli Province of modern Turkey. Pertag means "tiny fortress" in Armenian, the root word Բերդ transliterated to Pert or Berd means fortress.

History[]

The area of Pertek was ruled by different empires in its history. In the medieval period such as the Armenians and Byzantines before being taken over by different Islamic dynasties after the 11th century. Later it became part of the Ilkhanids and others and finally became part of the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th century.

During the Ottoman period Pertek was a hereditary Kurdish sanjak.[4] The old town of Pertek (Eski Pertek) was located near the citadel but was abandoned in 1838 and moved to its current location.[4] Armenian sources state that about 180 Armenians still lived in the old town (Eski Pertek) up until the early 1900s despite the rising water levels of the Euphrates river.[5] After 1889, it was fully incorporated into the as a nahiye district of the Charsanjak kaza within the sanjak of Dersim.[6]

According to the 1881 Ottoman census, there were 6 neighborhoods of Pertag town - 1154 total males (966 Muslim, 188 Armenian Apostolic) in 520 households. The general district had 23 villages of Pertag district - 127 total males (943 Muslim, 184 Armenian Apostolic) in 552 households. Females were often undercounted or entirely disregarded from census counts.[5]

During the Hamidian Massacres of 1894-96, a segment of the surviving Armenians communally converted to Islam afterwards.[7]

As a result of the construction of the Keban Dam, the Pertek district experienced the submerging of a number of its district's villages. Some of the settlements submerged were Eski Pertek, Borkin, Korluca (Til), Balan, Deşt, Zahuran, Beroç, Karameşe (Tezikan) [partially submerged], Tuzbaşı (Nisirto) [abandoned].[8][9]

Before the Armenian genocide it was populated by Armenians, Turks and Kurds. Today the city and surrounding district is populated by Turks (Tribe: Karakeçili) and Kurds/Zazas (Tribes: Şıkaki, Milan, Pilvenk, Alan, Koçuşağı).[10]

The mayor is Ruhan Alan from the Republican People's Party (CHP).[11] Kaymakam is Arif Gül.[12] The city has a population of 6,341.

Historic monuments[]

There are two historic Ottoman mosques in Pertek.[4] The Baysungur mosque (16th century)[4] and Celebi Ali mosque (16th century).[4] The mosques were later dismantled and moved from the site of the old town to protect them from the rising water shore of the Lake Keban.[4] The Pertek Castle is located on an Island.[4] There are other historic sights in the nearby area. The village of Sağman has a ruined citadel with a 16th-century mosque, tomb and tekke built by the Kurdish sanjak bey Keykusrav.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. ^ adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Sinclair, T.A. (1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I. Pindar Press. pp. 77–83–84–85–102–103–158. ISBN 9780907132325.
  5. ^ a b https://www.houshamadyan.org/mapottomanempire/vilayetofmamuratulazizharput/sandjak-of-dersim/locale/demography-part-iii.html
  6. ^ Sezen, Tahir. 2017. Osmanlı yer adları.
  7. ^ "Index Anatolicus".
  8. ^ https://www.imo.org.tr/resimler/ekutuphane/pdf/17688_55_57.pdf[dead link]
  9. ^ "Pertek Kolankaya Köyü".
  10. ^ "Index Anatolicus".
  11. ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-06-12). "Tunceli Pertek Seçim Sonuçları – Pertek Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  12. ^ "Pertek Kaymakamı Arif GÜL". www.pertek.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
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