Özyurt, Şenkaya
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Özyurt | |
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  Özyurt Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 40°42′10″N 42°20′45″E / 40.70279°N 42.34587°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Erzurum |
| District | Şenkaya |
| Population (2022) | 320 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Özyurt is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Şenkaya, Erzurum Province in Turkey.[1][2] Its population is 320 (2022).[3]
Özyurt's former name was Bariki. Bariki (Georgian: ბარიკი) is a Georgian place name and is related to the word ‘bari’ (ბარი). Indeed, Georgian Turkologist Sergi Jikia notes that some Georgian words used to end with the suffix ‘-ki’ (-კი).[4] Bari (ბარი) means valley in the Georgian language.[5] Bariki is written as "Barik" (بریك) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595.[6]
