Baltalı, Çıldır
Baltalı | |
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Baltalı Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 41°20′02″N 43°07′00″E / 41.3340°N 43.1167°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Ardahan |
| District | Çıldır |
| Population (2021) | 91 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Baltalı, formerly Tataleti (Georgian: ტატალეთი), is a village in the Çıldır District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 91 (2021).[2] The village is populated by Turks.[3]
The former name of Baltalı is Tataleti. Tataleti (ტატალეთი) is derived from the Megrelian word ‘tatali’ (ტატალი), meaning white chicory, and refers to a place where this plant grows abundantly.[4] This place name is written as Tatalet (طاطالیت or تاتالیت) in Turkish sources.[5][6] The name Baltalı was given to the village in 1959.[7]
According to information provided by Georgian historian and archaeologist Ekvtime Takaishvili in 1902, the facing stones of the Tataleti Church, built of cut stone, had been removed, leaving only a large stone and the interior. The church was a small and typical structure.[8] Tataleti Church (4.9×4.0 m) is a single-nave structure built on a rocky ridge in the centre of the village.[9]
References
- ^ Köy Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Kırzıoğlu, Fahrettin. "Çıldır Köyleri Seyahat Notları-I" (PDF). Bizim Ahıska (in Turkish): 42. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ მაყაშვილი, ა. ბოტანიკური ლექსიკონი: მცენარეთა სახელწოდებანი", Tbilisi, 1961
- ^ გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 volumes, Volume III (1958), p. 375.
- ^ Son Teşkilat-i Mülkiyede Köylerimizin Adları (Ottoman Turkish), Istanbul, 1928, p. 764.
- ^ Köylerimiz, İçişleri Bakanlığı, Ankara, 1968, p. 765.
- ^ Е. Такайшвили, "Материалы по археологии Кавказа, собранные экспедициями Московского археологического общества: Выпуск XII", Moscow, 1909, p. 62.
- ^ წიქარიშვილი, ლევან; გელაშვილი, ანა; გოზალიშვილი, ბებურ; კოღუაშვილი, შალვა; იმედაშვილი, ანა; გაჩეჩილაძე, დავით; მაისურაძე, დავით - "ტაო–კლარჯეთის ძეგლების 2014 წლის საკვლევი ექსპედიციების ანგარიშები", Tbilisi, 2015, p. 55