Tepeler is a village in the Ardahan District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Köy , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Its population is 436 (2021).
The historical name of Tepeler is Komki. Komki (კომკი or კომქი) was recorded as Komk (كومك) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595. The names of the household heads in this register indicate that it was a Georgian village.გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 column, III. column (1958), pp. 520.გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 column, II. column (1941), pp. 424, 441. The name Komki was written as Konk (Конкъ) in the 1886 Russian census and as Konk (قونق) in the 1928 Ottoman village list.Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказскаго края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г., Tbilisi, 1893, "Kars oblast" - 298.Son Teşkilat-i Mülkiyede Köylerimizin Adları (Ottoman Turkish), Istanbul, 1928, p. 760.
The settlement areas of the extinct villages of Petre-Pavle (პეტრე-პავლე), Anuşivani (ანუშივანი), and Sadgomi (სადგომი) are located within the borders of Tepeler village.
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