Sındıran, Şenkaya

Sındıran
CountryTurkey
ProvinceErzurum
DistrictŞenkaya
Population
 (2022)
96
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

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]

References

  1. ^ "Şenkaya Kaymakamlığı". senkaya.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ "აგარაკი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 column ISBN 0-9535878-3-5
  5. ^ გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 column, III. column (1958), pp. 568.
  6. ^ Son Teşkilat-i Mülkiyede Köylerimizin Adları (Ottoman Turkish), Istanbul, 1928, p. 226.