Akkiraz, Çıldır
Village in Ardahan, Turkey
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Akkiraz (formerly Kertene in Turkish) is a village in the Çıldır District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 206 (2021).[2] The village is populated by Turks.[3]
The old name of Akkiraz village is Kavtarnagebi. Kavtarnagebi (ქავთარნაგები), a Georgian place name, the Georgian proper name "Kavtara" (ქავთარა), and "nagebi" meaning "building, house" It is derived from the words (ნაგები) and means "Kavtara's houses".[4]
Petrisi, a vanished Georgian village, was located within the present-day borders of the village of Akkiraz.
