Sındıran, Şenkaya
Village in Turkey
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Sındıran is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Şenkaya, Erzurum Province in Turkey.[1][2] Its population is 96 (2022).[3]
The historical name of Sındıran is Agaraki. Agaraki (აგარაკი), a Georgian place name, means field, village in Old Georgian.[4] This place name entered in Turkish language as Egerek. Indeed, it appears as Egerek (اكرك) in the 1595 Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) and in the 1928 Ottoman village list. Under the influence of Armenian, the name of the village was also written as "Akriyak".[5][6]
