Ferhatlı, Ardanuç

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Village in Artvin, Turkey

41°08′21″N 42°00′32″E / 41.13917°N 42.00889°E / 41.13917; 42.00889CountryTurkeyProvinceArtvinDistrictArdanuçPopulation

(2021)

78Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Ferhatlı is a village in the Ardanuç District, Artvin Province, Turkey.^[1] Its population is 78 (2021).^[2]

The castle at Ferhatlı is located on a strategic outcrop about 8 kilometers northwest of Ardanuç and 2 kilometers north of Ferhatlı Köy, a site identified with the medieval Akhiz. This Georgian fortress was rebuilt in the 5th century A.D. by King Vakhtang I Gorgasal. The primary circuit walls at the north are carefully integrated into the rock cliff. Extensive damage has eliminated most traces of internal structures. Ardanuç Kalesi, another impressive fortress, was in the medieval district of Klarjet’i. It has the remains of a Georgian church and massive circuit walls at the southwest.^[3] In the 16th century its Georgian rulers converted to Islam. By the 19th century the area had a sizable Armenian population. In 1983 both Ferhatlı Kalesi and Ardanuç Kalesi were surveyed and three years later an accurate scaled plan and description were published^[4]

References

^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ Carefully documented photographs and plan of Ferhatlı Castle
^ Robert W. Edwards, “The Fortifications of Artvin: A Second Preliminary Report on the Marchlands of Northeast Turkey,” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 40, 1986, pp.170-74, pls.11-30.