Ömerli, Sanliurfa
Encyclopedia
Ömerli, formerly known as Amara, is a village in Halfeti
, Şanlıurfa Province
, southeastern Turkey
. The population is estimated at 1,182. Many of the population has moved to Germany for employment. Kurdish
is spoken widely in the village. It has a small primary school with nearby villages providing secondary or further education.
The village is the birth place of the Abdullah Öcalan
, the Kurdish
leader of the PKK (listed as a terrorist group by the European Union and the United States), who was born there on April 4, 1949. Every year on his birthday thousands of Kurdish people
march towards the village to celebrate his birthday.
Halfeti
Halfeti is a small farming district on the east bank of the river Euphrates in Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey, 120 km from the city of Şanlıurfa. Population 33,467 .Most of the villages were submerged in the 1990s under the waters behind the dam on the Euphrates at Birecik...
, Şanlıurfa Province
Sanliurfa Province
Şanlıurfa Province or simply Urfa Province is a province in Southeast Anatolia, Turkey. The city of Şanlıurfa is the capital of the province which bears its name. The population is 1,663,371 ....
, southeastern Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. The population is estimated at 1,182. Many of the population has moved to Germany for employment. Kurdish
Kurdish language
Kurdish is a dialect continuum spoken by the Kurds in western Asia. It is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages....
is spoken widely in the village. It has a small primary school with nearby villages providing secondary or further education.
The village is the birth place of the Abdullah Öcalan
Abdullah Öcalan
Abdullah Öcalan , Kurdish founder of the terrorist organization called Kurdistan Workers' Party in 1978.Öcalan was captured in Nairobi and extradited to the Turkish security force, and sentenced to death under Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code, which concerns the formation of armed gangs...
, the Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
leader of the PKK (listed as a terrorist group by the European Union and the United States), who was born there on April 4, 1949. Every year on his birthday thousands of Kurdish people
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
march towards the village to celebrate his birthday.