Gaziler is a

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in the municipality and district of

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. Its population is 299 (2022).

Etymology

Gaziler was known as ''Bardus'' or ''Barduz'' () within the

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as part of the Olti Okrug of the Kars Oblast.

History

During the

First Republic of Armenia The First Republic of Armenia, officially known at the time of its existence as the Republic of Armenia, was an independent History of Armenia, Armenian state that existed from May (28th ''de jure'', 30th ''de facto'') 1918 to 2 December 1920 in ...

's administration of the Kars Oblast in 1919, Turkish and Azerbaijani agents engaged in arms deliveries and sedition through the environs of Gaziler. The village later became the site of battles between the

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and local

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militia supplemented by the

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in June 1920, finally passing to Turkish republican control by late 1920, as confirmed by the

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Demographics

In 1886, Barduz had 404 inhabitants including 392 Greeks and 12

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. In 1897, the village had 540 inhabitants including 280 men and 260 women, 519 of whom were

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. In 1914, there were 728 inhabitants in Barduz, predominantly Greeks. :File:Olitin_uezd_1914.jpg

References

Neighbourhoods in Şenkaya District {{Şenkaya-geo-stub