Türkeş

Türkeş (also, Tyurkesh, Terkeş, Tərkesh, until 2003;[1] Tırkeş, Tyrkesh) is a village and municipality in the Shahbuz District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 13 km in the south-west from the district center, on the foothill area. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 407.[2] Türkeş is located on the foothill, in the junction of the Nakhchivanchay River and its tributary of Selesuz River.

Türkeş
Municipality
Türkeş
Coordinates: 39°25′21″N 45°28′27″E
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
Rayon	Shakhbuz
Population  (2005)
• Total	407
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Etymology

The original name is the Tirkeş. Since 2003, the name of the village registered officially as the Türkeş.[1] In the sources, there is information about the survival of the ancient Turkic-speaking tribe of the Tirkesh (Turgesh), between the Ili River and Irtysh River (in Siberia), in the early Middle Ages. In the 7th–8th centuries, the Turkesh were inside in the Tulu - Dulo clan union. In the 704, Turkesh created their own state in the ruins of the Western Turkic Khaganate. In the 8th century, Turkesh were defeated by the Karluks and Uyghurs. Turkesh (Turgesh) tribe are registered in between the contemporary Bashkirs and Tatars. There is a Tirkesh ethnic group in the Altai Mountains. According to the 9th-10th century Arab sources, the researchers believe that the Tirkesh has been in composition of the Khazars which has been located in the Qabala District. In the "Dīwānu l-Luġat al-Turk" work of the Mahmud al-Kashgari shown the word of the Tirkesh on the meaning "the place junction of two rivers". The geographical objects associated with the name of the Tirkesh, almost all of them are located at the junction of two rivers or between two rivers.[3]

Türkeş Necropolis

Türkeş Necropolis - is the archaeological monument of the Middle Ages in the village of the Turkesh in the Shahbuz District. Most of the chest and head tombstones were broken. Two of the three the ram's figure are in simple form, but on the one side of the third one was scratched curved lines with the method of scratching. During the archaeological excavations, the dagger which was found from the cultural layer shows that the monument belongs to the 15th-16th centuries.[2]

References

1. Azerbaijan Parliament - renaming law
2. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume II. Baku: ANAS. p. 334. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
3. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume II. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.

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