Thracian-Orthagoria-Ortagurea-versus-Turkic-OrtaKoru

 

Coin of Orthagoria in the Numismatic Museum of Athens

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Orthagoria 
was an ancient town in Thrace.
According to Pliny the Older there was a place called Ortagurea
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Why is it important for me?
Because the 2 words in this town's name are startlingly Turkic
Orta
and
Koru
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Orta means: the middle (of a nation, in this sense the place of the king)
>Turkic Ordu: army 
Koru means a fenced, protected
Both ORTOGORU could mean
"the protected place in the middle"
or "protecting middle"
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probably a place where the Elite lived and had their camp.
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There was even a place next to it called Caracoma
I wrote about it, too:

Caracoma-Karakum

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Uzunbacak Adem