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District and municipality in Erzurum, Turkey

Tortum District and municipality Tortum town center Map showing Tortum District in Erzurum Province Tortum Location in Turkey Coordinates: 40°17′53″N 41°37′57″E / 40.29806°N 41.63250°E / 40.29806; 41.63250 Country Turkey Province Erzurum Government • Mayor Muammer Yiğider (AKP) Area 1,463 km2 (565 sq mi) Population (2022)[1] 15,259 • Density 10.43/km2 (27.01/sq mi) Time zone UTC+3 (TRT) Postal code 25430 Area code 0442 Climate Dfb Website www.tortum.bel.tr

Tortum lake

[Khakhuli Monastery](/source/Khakhuli_Monastery)

**Tortum** ([Ottoman Turkish](/source/Ottoman_Turkish_language): تورتوم; [Armenian](/source/Armenian_language): Թորթում, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Armenian): *Tortum*; [Georgian](/source/Georgian_language): თორთომი, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Georgian): tortomi) is a municipality and [district](/source/Districts_of_Turkey) of [Erzurum Province](/source/Erzurum_Province), [Turkey](/source/Turkey).[2] Its area is 1,463 km2,[3] and its population is 15,259 (2022).[1] The current mayor is Muammer Yiğider from the [Justice and Development Party](/source/Justice_and_Development_Party_(Turkey)) (AKP).[4]

## History

Tortum was part of the area known as Diaueni, Tayk or Tao and was ruled by [Hayasa-Azzians](/source/Hayasa-Azzi), [Diauehi](/source/Diauehi), [Urartians](/source/Urartians), [Iberians](/source/Iberians), [Armenians](/source/Armenians), [Romans](/source/Ancient_Romans), [Persians](/source/Persian_people) and [Byzantines](/source/Byzantine_Greeks). Tortum was a part of some proto-Armenian states (Hayasa-Azzi; Urartu), proto-Georgian [Kingdom of Iberia](/source/Kingdom_of_Iberia) (4th - 2nd centuries BC) and Kingdom of Greater Armenia (2nd century BC - 5th century). Between the 9th and 16th century it was part of the [Kingdom of the Iberians](/source/Kingdom_of_the_Iberians), [Kingdom of Georgia](/source/Kingdom_of_Georgia) and [Georgian](/source/Georgia_(country)) principality of [Samtskhe-Saatabago](/source/Samtskhe-Saatabago). It was first an Ottoman vassal in the early 16th century and was annexed in 1550.[5] The area of Tortum was contested by the Safavids and the [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire) in the 16th-17th century but remained Ottoman after 1625.[5] Georgians and Armenians made up the vast majority of the population in Tortum. During Georgian rule, half of the ethnic Armenian population became Chalcedonians and joined the Georgian Orthodox church, while the rest of the Armenians remained part of the Armenian church. Armenian cleric Hakop Karnetsi recorded in the 1650s that a man named Mullah Jaffar took census and placed heavy taxes in the region, causing the Armenian Chalcedonians to convert en-masse to Islam. Tortum was a sanjak in [Erzurum Eyalet](/source/Erzurum_Eyalet). The region was in the early Ottoman period largely Christian but acquired a Muslim majority in the mid 18th century, as the Georgian population fled to the inner provinces of [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(country)).[5] During World War I, Ottoman troops crossed Tortum in the disastrous [Battle of Sarikamish](/source/Battle_of_Sarikamish). Then the Russians occupied the town and held it between 1915 and 1917. After the February revolution of 1917 they left it to the Armenians. The Ottoman army advanced some time later and captured Tortum on 16 March 1918. The town has a ruined citadel.

The Muslim Armenians continued to speak Armenian well into early the 19th century when they were [Turkified](/source/Turkification).[6][7]

## Climate

Climate data for Tortum(1991-2020) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 2.7 (36.9) 4 (39) 8.1 (46.6) 14.3 (57.7) 19.8 (67.6) 25 (77) 29.2 (84.6) 29.9 (85.8) 25.5 (77.9) 18.8 (65.8) 10.6 (51.1) 4.6 (40.3) 16.0 (60.9) Daily mean °C (°F) −3.1 (26.4) −1.9 (28.6) 2.5 (36.5) 8 (46) 12.6 (54.7) 16.8 (62.2) 20.3 (68.5) 20.5 (68.9) 16 (61) 10.5 (50.9) 3.6 (38.5) −1.3 (29.7) 8.7 (47.7) Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −7.9 (17.8) −7 (19) −2.6 (27.3) 2.2 (36.0) 6 (43) 9.1 (48.4) 12.5 (54.5) 12.4 (54.3) 7.7 (45.9) 3.7 (38.7) −1.8 (28.8) −6 (21) 2.4 (36.2) Average precipitation mm (inches) 21.94 (0.86) 24.82 (0.98) 43.61 (1.72) 53.36 (2.10) 67.48 (2.66) 53.24 (2.10) 37.46 (1.47) 22.71 (0.89) 22.73 (0.89) 38.98 (1.53) 30.27 (1.19) 25.27 (0.99) 441.87 (17.38) Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) 4.6 5.1 7 9.4 11.4 8.1 5.7 4.3 3.9 5.9 5.1 5 75.5 Average relative humidity (%) 64.8 62.7 60.3 58.2 58.6 56.6 54.4 54.1 55 62.5 63.5 66.4 59.8 Mean monthly sunshine hours 120.1 138.4 164.9 177.6 200.7 223.5 262.4 270.4 231.5 175.9 139.1 105.1 2,209.6 Source: NOAA NCEI[8]

## Economy

As of 1920, Tortum was producing [coal](/source/Coal).[9]

## Composition

There are 58 [neighbourhoods](/source/Mahalle) in Tortum District:[10]

- Akbaba

- Aksu

- Aktaş

- Alapınar

- Alpaslan

- Arılı

- Aşağı Serdarlı

- Bağbaşı

- Bahçeli

- Ballı

- Çakıllı

- Çamlıca

- Çardaklı

- Çataldere

- Çaylıca

- Çiftlik

- Cihanlı

- Çivilikaya

- Demirciler

- Derekapı

- Derinpınar

- Dikmen

- Doruklu

- Esendurak

- Gökdere

- Hamidiye

- İncedere

- Kaleboynu

- Kaledibi

- Kapıkaya

- Karlı

- Kazandere

- Kemerkaya

- Kireçli

- Kırmalı

- Konak

- Meydanlar

- Pehlivanlı

- Peynirli

- Şenyurt

- Serdarlı

- Sögütlü

- Suyatağı

- Taşbaşı

- Taşoluk

- Tatlısu

- Tipili

- Tortumkale

- Uzunkavak

- Vişneli

- Yağcılar

- Yamankaya

- Yavuz Sultan Selim

- Yazyurdu

- Yellitepe

- Yukarı Sivri

- Yumaklı

- Ziyaretli

## See also

- [Cağ kebabı](/source/Ca%C4%9F_kebab%C4%B1)

- [Khakhuli Monastery](/source/Khakhuli_Monastery)

- [Tortum Waterfall](/source/Tortum_Waterfall)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tuik_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tuik_1-1) ["Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports"](https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en) (XLS). [TÜİK](/source/T%C3%9C%C4%B0K). Retrieved 12 July 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi](https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx), Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri"](https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx). General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Erzurum Tortum Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri"](https://www.sabah.com.tr/secim/31-mart-2019-yerel-secim-sonuclari/erzurum/tortum/ilcesi-yerel-secim-sonuclari). *www.sabah.com.tr*. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Eastern_Turkey_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Eastern_Turkey_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Eastern_Turkey_5-2) Sinclair, T.A. (1989). *Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I*. Pindar Press. pp. 39–40. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780907132325](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780907132325).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Simonian, Hovann (January 2007). ["Hemshin from Islamicization to the End of the Nineteenth Century"](https://www.academia.edu/10794160). *The Hemshin, History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey*. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4324/9780203641682](https://doi.org/10.4324%2F9780203641682). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780203641682](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780203641682).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Melkonyan, A. A. (2016). ["Catastrophic Consequences of Demographic Policy of Ottoman Authorities in Western Armenia"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190512204537/http://www.fundamentalarmenology.am/datas/pdfs/292.pdf) (PDF). *Fundamental Armenology*. **3** (1). Archived from [the original](http://www.fundamentalarmenology.am/datas/pdfs/292.pdf) (PDF) on 2019-05-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Tortum"](https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/Tortum_17688.csv) (CSV). *ncei.noaa.gov*. [National Oceanic and Atmosoheric Administration](/source/NOAA). Retrieved 22 November 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Prothero72_9-0)** Prothero, W.G. (1920). [*Armenia and Kurdistan*](http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11768/view/1/72/). London: H.M. Stationery Office. p. 72.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Mahalle](https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx), Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.tortum.bel.tr/)

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