Börk is a village in the Hanak District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Its population is 181 (2021).
The historical name of the village of Börk is Bergi. Bergi (ბერგი) means "dig" in the Megrel and Laz languages.Otar Kajaia, მეგრულ-ქართული ლექსიკონი, Tbilisi, 2001Konstantine Martvileli, “არტაანის მხარეში”, Sakartvelo, 30 September, 1917, No. 234. However, the name of the village was written as Bork or Börk (بورك) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595.გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 column, III. column (1958), pp. 535.
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