Kartalpınar, Ardahan
Village in Ardahan, Turkey
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Kartalpınar is a village in the Ardahan District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 247 (2021).[2]
The historical name of Kartalpınar is known as Fakhrel. However, the village's name is incorrectly written in Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter), and it is believed that its historical name was either "Kvakrili" (ქვაყრილი) or "Kvakhvreli" (ქვახვრელი).[3][4][5] In fact, the names of the heads of households in Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595 also show that the village was a Georgian settlement.[6]
In the village of Kartalpınar the ruins of a 10th-century Georgian church are located at a place called "Engenik".[7]
