In 1882, during Ottoman rule, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described it as "a ruined Arabic village on a high hill, with a spring in the valley to the north 400 feet below."[REF] .
In 1945 Barta'a (including Khirbat Tura el Gharbiya) had a population of 1,000 Muslims[REF] with 20,499 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey [REF].