Ömerli, Şanlıurfa

Ömerli
Ömerli
Coordinates: 37°19′12″N 37°56′24″E / 37.3199598°N 37.94005°E / 37.3199598; 37.94005Coordinates: 37°19′12″N 37°56′24″E / 37.3199598°N 37.94005°E / 37.3199598; 37.94005
Country	Turkey
Province	Şanlıurfa
District	Halfeti
Government
– Mayor	Mehmet Tarhan
– Kaymakam
Elevation	600 m (1,969 ft)
Population (2009)
– Urban	582

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^{[citation needed]}), 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.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://kurdish-info.net/News-sid-Soldierund-8217-s-intervention-on-Amara-Marchers-numbers-injured-12885.html