Aşıkşenlik
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = neighbourhood
| province = Ardahan
| district = Çıldır
| municipality = Çıldır
| name = Aşıkşenlik
| population_total = 277
| population_as_of = 2021
| coordinates = {{coord|41|09|N|43|13|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m = 1915
|postal_code = 75400
|area_code = 0478
}}
Aşıkşenlik, formerly Yakınsu and historically Sukara, is a neighbourhood of the town Çıldır, Çıldır District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 16 January 2023. Its population is 277 (2021).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021|url=https://www.tuik.gov.tr/indir/duyuru/favori_raporlar.xlsx |access-date=12 January 2023 |publisher=TÜİK|language=tr |format=XLS}} Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/12/20121206-1.htm Law No. 6360], Official Gazette, 6 December 2012 {{in lang|tr}}. It is populated by Karapapakhs.{{Cite book |last=Ercilâsun |first=Ahmet Bican |title=Kars ili ağızları: ses bilgisi |year=1983 |pages=43 |language=tr}}
Geography
History
Aşıkşenlik is an old settlement. It was captured by Seljukid sultan Alp Arslan in 1064. After Harzemshah, Kipchaks and Mongols dominations it was annexed by the Ottoman sultan Süleyman I in 1546. According to Evliya Çelebi who lived in the 17th century, Aşıkşenlik (then known as Sukara) was one of the wealthiest towns of the Ottoman Empire in the east. In 1877 Russians captured Aşıkşenlik during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). But in 1921 it was returned to Turkey.[http://www.asiksenlik.bel.tr/index.php Mayor’s page {{in lang|tr}}] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903081548/http://www.asiksenlik.bel.tr/index.php |date=September 3, 2011 }}
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