Ömerli (Halfeti)
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Şanlıurfa | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Halfeti | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 19 ' N , 37 ° 56' E | |||
| Height : | 600 m | |||
| Residents : | 582 (2009) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 414 | |||
| Postal code : | 63 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 63 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2010) | ||||
| Muhtar : | Hanifi Demirel | |||
Ömerli ( Kurdish Amara ) is a village in Halfeti district in the Turkish province of Şanlıurfa . Ömerli is located in southeastern Anatolia , approx. 19 km northeast of Halfeti. The place Amara was founded in the middle of the 9th century by the Paulikians , who had taken over the rule in the east of the Byzantine Empire under their leader Karbeas .
In 1985 655 people lived in Ömerli. In 2009 the village had 582 inhabitants.
Ömerli is the birthplace of Abdullah Öcalan . There are regular demonstrations by supporters of the PKK on the occasion of his birthday.
Individual evidence
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- ↑ www.report.tuik.gov.tr ( Memento from December 21, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
