Tepeler, Ardahan

Tepeler
Village
Tepeler Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°03′55″N42°34′30″E / 41.06528°N 42.57500°E / 41.06528; 42.57500
Country	Turkey
Province	Ardahan
District	Ardahan
Population  (2021)	436
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Tepeler is a village in the Ardahan District, Ardahan Province, Turkey. ^[1] Its population is 436 (2021). ^[2]

The historical name of Tepeler is Komki. Komki (კომკი or კომქი) was recorded as Komk (كومك) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595. The names of the household heads in this register indicate that it was a Georgian village. ^{[3] [4]} The name Komki was written as Konk (Конкъ) in the 1886 Russian census and as Konk (قونق) in the 1928 Ottoman village list. ^{[5] [6]}

The settlement areas of the extinct villages of Petre-Pavle (პეტრე-პავლე), Anuşivani (ანუშივანი), and Sadgomi (სადგომი) are located within the borders of Tepeler village.

References

1. Köy Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK . Retrieved 12 January 2023.
3. გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 column, III. column (1958), pp. 520.
4. გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 column, II. column (1941), pp. 424, 441.
5. Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказскаго края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г., Tbilisi, 1893, "Kars oblast" - 298.
6. Son Teşkilat-i Mülkiyede Köylerimizin Adları (Ottoman Turkish), Istanbul, 1928, p. 760.