Akkiraz (formerly Kertene in Turkish) is a village in the Çıldır District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Köy , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Its population is 206 (2021). The village is populated by Turks.
The old name of Akkiraz village is Kavtarnagebi. Kavtarnagebi (ქავთარნაგები), a Georgian place name, the Georgian proper name "Kavtara" (ქავთარა), and "nagebi" meaning "building, house" It is derived from the words (ნაგები) and means "Kavtara's houses"."ნაგები" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 column ISBN 0-9535878-3-5
Petrisi, a vanished Georgian village, was located within the present-day borders of the village of Akkiraz.
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