Yıldırımtepe is a neighbourhood of the town Çıldır, Çıldır District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 16 January 2023. Its population is 172 (2021). The neighbourhood is populated by Karapapakhs and Turks.
Yıldırımtepe's historical name is Rabati."ჩილდირის ვილაიეთის ჯაბა დავთარი : 1694-1732 წწ.", Tsisana Abuladze, Tbilisi, 1979, Registar number: 146. Rabati (რაბათი), a word borrowed from Arabic into Georgian, was used to refer to the settlement near the castle. This settlement was named after the Kajis Tsikhe castle, which was located near it.
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