Akyaka (Ottoman Turkish: شوره کل, romanized: Şoregil, Şöregel;[2] Azerbaijani: Ağyaxa or Şörəyəl; Armenian: Ղզըլ-Չախչախ, romanized: Ghzyl-Chakhchakh) is a town in Kars Province in eastern Turkey. It is the seat of Akyaka District.[3] Its population is 2,026 (2022).[1] It is located on Turkey's closed border with Armenia.
Akyaka | |
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  Akyaka Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 40°44′40″N 43°37′30″E / 40.74444°N 43.62500°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Kars |
| District | Akyaka |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ergüder Toptaş (AKP) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 2,026 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 36780 |
| Area code | 0474 |
| Website | www |
The town is populated by Azerbaijanis and Karapapakhs.[4][5]
Government
editErgüder Toptaş was elected mayor in the local elections in March 2019.[6] Nur Seninç Özbek serves as Kaymakam.[7]
Etymology
editThe settlement was known as Şuregel (Russian: Шурагель) or Kızılçakçak (Russian: Кизил-Чахчах) whilst part of the Russian Empire.[8]
Transport
editAkyaka is a border checkpoint on the railway into Armenia, which has been closed since 1993. The route D.060 from Kars runs next to the railway leading to the border.[9]
Demographics
editThe town—then known as Kızılçakçak—was exclusively Armenian during the Russian Empire whilst it was part of the Kars Okrug of the Kars Oblast.[8] Following the conclusion of the Turkish–Armenian war and Turkey's annexation of the region, Azerbaijanis and Karapapakhs who had fled from Armenia in 1918–1920 settled in Akyaka, replacing the Armenian population which was expelled in 1920.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 474.
- ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 295.
- ^ Ercilâsun, Ahmet Bican (1983). Kars ili ağızları: ses bilgisi (in Turkish). p. 44.
- ^ "Kars Akyaka Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ "Akyaka İlçe Kaymakamı". www.akyaka.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ a b Кавказский календарь на 1910 год [Caucasian calendar for 1910] (in Russian) (65th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1910. p. 288. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022.
- ^ Kanbolat, Hasan (October 9, 2007). "Ermenistan'ın Türkiye ile Sorunu Nedir, Sınır Kapısı Açılmalı mıdır?" (in Turkish). Avrasya Bir Vakfı-Avrasya Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi. Archived from the original on May 20, 2007. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
- ^ "Gümrü'den Kars'a Hüryurt Ailesinin Hayatı Kitap Oldu - Kars Haberleri".
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