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Imerkhevi
Imerkhevi (, ) is a valley in the north of the Şavşat district in the Artvin Province of Turkey, along the border with Georgia (country), Georgia. There are 15 villages in this area, inhabited by ethnic Georgians, who speak a local Georgian dialects, dialect of the Georgian language. History Imerkhevi was historically one of the subregions that made up Shavsheti, a medieval Georgian fiefdom on the upper course of the Imerkhevi or Berta river, east of Nigali valley, Nigali, west of the Arsiani Range (Yalnızçam) and bounded by Adjara on the north.Cyril Toumanoff, Toumanoff, Cyril (1963). ''Studies in Christian Caucasian History'', p. 439. Georgetown University Press. After these territories were conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, Imerkhevi (İmerhev) became a ''sanjak'' and its people gradually converted to Islam. The territory was acquired by the Russian Empire through the Treaty of Berlin (1878), Treaty of Berlin in 1878. Shavsheti and Imerkhevi were organized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imerkhevians From Tskalsimeri (Marr, 1910)
Imerkhevians ( ka, იმერხეველები), are an ethnographic subgroup of Georgians who speak Georgian dialects#Southwest dialects, Imerkhevian dialect (''imerkheuli'') of Georgian language, which shares many common features with the neighboring Adjaran dialect, Adjarian.Kevin Tuite, Tuite, Kevin (1998)''Kartvelian morphosyntax: number agreement and morphosyntactic oritntation in the South Caucasian languages'' p. 178. Lincom Europa. Imerkhevians are indigenous population of Artvin Province, historical region in northeastern part of Turkey. The Imerkhevians are Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, closely integrated with the Turkish people, Turkish society. Almost all are bilingual in Georgian language, Georgian and Turkish language, Turkish. Reflecting some internal differentiation persisting in Turkey's Georgian community, the Imerkhevians claim a different origin from the Georgians in the Borçka area, who have adopted an inclusive Adjarians, Adjar identity. The first wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgians
The Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to Georgia and the South Caucasus. Georgian diaspora communities are also present throughout Russia, Turkey, Greece, Iran, Ukraine, United States, and European Union. Georgians arose from Colchian and Iberian civilizations of classical antiquity; Colchis was interconnected with the Hellenic world, whereas Iberia was influenced by the Achaemenid Empire until Alexander the Great conquered it. In the 4th century, the Georgians became one of the first to embrace Christianity and now the majority of Georgians are Orthodox Christians, with most following their national autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church, although there are small Georgian Catholic and Muslim communities as well as a significant number of irreligious Georgians. Located in the Caucasus, on the continental crossroads of Europe and Asia, the High Middle Ages saw Georgian people form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgian Dialects
Georgian (ქართული ''kartuli'') is a Kartvelian language spoken by about 4 million people, primarily in Georgia but also by indigenous communities in northern Turkey and Azerbaijan, and the diaspora, such as in Russia, Turkey, Iran, Europe, and North America. It is a highly standardized language, with established literary and linguistic norms dating back to the 5th century. There are at least 18 dialects of the language. Standard Georgian is largely based on the prestige Kartlian dialect.''Georgian Dialects'' , The ARMAZI project. Retrieved on March 28, 2007 It has over centuries wiped out significant regional linguistic differences within Georgia, particularly through the centralized educational system and the |
Şavşat
Şavşat ( ka, შავშეთი, tr) is a town and district of Artvin Province in the Black Sea region, between the cities of Artvin and Kars on the border with Georgia at the far eastern end of Turkey. History According to Rayfield, in 790 BC, King Menua of Urartu invaded Shesheti in Kingdom of Diauehi, which is the Kartvelian province of Shavsheti. In 387 this land was a part of Marzpan Iberia (vassal of Iran). After this, in IX century it was one of the Georgian princedoms in the constellation of several polities which is conventionally known as Tao-Klarjeti in Georgian. The princedom of Shavsheti included today's districts of Şavşat, Borçka, and Murgul in Turkey and Lower Machakheli in Adjara (Georgia). The fortress above the town is primarily of Georgian construction and probably dates from the 9th century A.D., when it was rebuilt by Adarnase I of Iberia. The site has an impressive circuit wall with strategically placed towers and rooms, including two small chapel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigali Valley
Nigali or the Nigali valley ( ka, ნიგალი, ნიგალის ხევი, ''nigalis khevi''), also known, through a subsequent metathesis, as Ligani (ლიგანი) or Livana (ლივანა; tr, Livâne)Toumanoff, Cyril (1963). ''Studies in Christian Caucasian History'', p. 439. Georgetown University Press. is a historical district on the lower course of the Çoruh or Chorokhi river, currently divided between Turkey and Georgia. History The land known as ''Nigal'' first appears as one of the districts of Colchis in the 7th-century Armenian geography attributed to Ananias of Shirak. Hewsen, Robert H. (1992), ''The Geography of Ananias of Širak: Ašxarhac'oyc', the Long and the Short Recensions'', p. 210. Reichert, In the 8th century, Nigali became part of an appanage of the Georgian Bagratid family. It was bounded by Adjara on the north-east, Shavsheti on the east, and Klarjeti on the south. The medieval Georgian sources also make mention of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meydancık, Şavşat
Meydancık (original Georgian name დიობანი, Diobani) is a village in Imerkhevi in Şavşat District of Artvin Province. Meydancık stands for the official name given by Turkish authorities in 1925, it literally means "the small square / field". Meydancık is a municipality with a population of 2,059 in 2000 with the centre and six hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...s. Meydancık is also a name of vicinity which includes thirteen villages: *Maden (Badzgireti) *Demirci (Daba) *Dereiçi (Dasamoba) *Erikli (Agara) *Çukur (Chikhori) *Sebzeli (Jvariskhevi) *Çağlayan (Khevtsvirili) *Çağlıpınar (Khokhlevi) *Yeşilce (Manatba) *Oba (Ube) *Dutlu (Surevani) *Yağlı (Zakieti) *Tepebaşı (Ziosi) References Tao-Klarjeti Villages in Şavşat Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Of Kars
The Treaty of Kars ( tr, Kars Antlaşması, rus, Карсский договор, Karskii dogovor, ka, ყარსის ხელშეკრულება, hy, Կարսի պայմանագիր, az, Qars müqaviləsi) was a treaty that established the borders between Turkey and the three Transcaucasian republics of the Soviet Union, which are now the independent republics of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The treaty was signed in the city of Kars on 13 October 1921. Signatories of the Treaty of Kars included representatives from the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, which would declare the Republic of Turkey in 1923, and from the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian Socialist Soviet Republics with the participation of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The last four parties would become constituent parts of the Soviet Union after the victory of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War and the December 1922 Union Treaty. The treaty was the successor treaty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekvtime Takaishvili
Ekvtime Takaishvili (also spelled Taqaishvili) () (January 5, 1862 – February 21, 1953) was a Georgian historian, archaeologist and public benefactor. Born in the village of Likhauri in the western Georgian province of Guria to a local nobleman Svimon Takaishvili, he graduated from St. Petersburg University in 1887. From 1887 to 1917, he lectured on the history of Georgia at various prestigious schools in Tbilisi, including the Tbilisi Gymnasium for Nobility. During these years, he was actively involved in extensive scholarly activities and chaired, from 1907 to 1921, the Society of History and Ethnography of Georgia. Between 1907 and 1910, he organized a series of archaeological expeditions to the historic Georgian region of Tao-Klarjeti (now part of Turkey). After the February Revolution, he engaged also in politics, taking part in the establishment of the National Democratic Party of Georgia in 1917 and being elected to a post of Deputy Chairman in the Constituent Assembly of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dereiçi, Şavşat
Dereiçi is a village in the District of Şavşat, Artvin Province, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in .... As of 2011, it had a population of 157 people. References Villages in Şavşat District {{Artvin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maden, Şavşat
Maden is a village in the Şavşat District, Artvin Province, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with .... Its population is 144 (2021). References Villages in Şavşat District {{Artvin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demirci, Şavşat
Demirci is a village in the District of Şavşat, Artvin Province, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in .... As of 2011, it had a population of 59 people. References Villages in Şavşat District {{Artvin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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