Tepesuyu, Ardahan

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Tepesuyu
Village
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Tepesuyu
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°04′52″N42°44′26″E / 41.08111°N 42.74056°E / 41.08111; 42.74056
Country Turkey
Province Ardahan
District Ardahan
Population
 (2021)
219
Time zone UTC+3 (TRT)

Tepesuyu is a village in the Ardahan District, Ardahan Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 219 (2021). [2]

The former name of Tepesuyu is Gurjibeg. In Persian and Turkish languages, ‘Gurji’ is the name given to Georgians. Georgian journalist and researcher Konstantine Martvileli wrote that this place name is related to the Georgian word aznauri, translated as ‘beg’ in Turkish. [3] Indeed, this settlement is recorded as "Gurji Beg" (كورجی بك) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595. It is thought that this name originated because the owner of the village's land was Georgian. [4] This place name also appears as "Gurji Beg" (كورجی بك) in the Ottoman village list dated 1928. [5]

Remains of the Gurji Beg Church and various other structures have been identified in the village of Tepesuyu. The remains of the village church are located in Nakomlari, southeast of the village centre. Nakomlari (Georgian : ნაკომლარი) is derived from the Georgian word ‘komli’ (Georgian : კომლი), meaning ‘abandoned settlement’ in the Georgian language. [6] It is believed that Nakomlari is the village recorded by the Ottomans in 1595 under the name ‘Küçük Gurci Beg’ (Turkish: كوچك كورجی بك). [7]

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. ↑ კონსტანტინე მარტვილელი, "არტაანის მხარეში", საქართველო, No: 219, October 6, 1917
  4. ↑ გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 volumes, volume III (1958), p. 522.
  5. ↑ Son Teşkilat-i Mülkiyede Köylerimizin Adları (Ottoman Turkish), Istanbul, 1928, p. 759.
  6. ↑ "კომლი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 volumes ISBN 0-9535878-3-5
  7. ↑ გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 volumes, volume III (1958), p. 522.


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