Kartalpınar is a village in the Ardahan District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Köy , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Its population is 247 (2021).
The historical name of Kartalpınar is known as Fakhrel. However, the village's name is incorrectly written in Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter), and it is believed that its historical name was either "Kvakrili" (ქვაყრილი) or "Kvakhvreli" (ქვახვრელი).გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 column, III. column (1958), pp. 508."ქვა" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 volumes ISBN 0-9535878-3-5"ხვრელი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 volumes ISBN 0-9535878-3-5 In fact, the names of the heads of households in Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595 also show that the village was a Georgian settlement.გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 column, II. column (1941), pp. 411.
In the village of Kartalpınar the ruins of a 10th-century Georgian church are located at a place called "Engenik"."ტაო–კლარჯეთის ძეგლების 2014 წლის საკვლევი ექსპედიციების ანგარიშები", Tbilisi, 2015, p. 92. ISBN 978-9941-0-7362-5
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