ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Kemerli Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Ghazakh (District) / Kemerli (Village)

Location

Kemerli represents a Turkish village lying on both banks of the river Koghbopor, 26 kilometres north-west of the district centre, at an altitude of 440 to 550 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 309.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It was established in the site of a derelict ancient Armenian village in the second half of the 19th century. In the early 20th century, it was divided in two parts named Verin (Upper) and Nerkin (Lower) Kemerli, which later united and formed a village extending at a distance of about 5 kilometres.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 309.

The available scanty statistical data on the number of the local population represent the following picture:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	193	597	423	1020		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 146-147; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 309.
1914				1557		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 150; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 309.
1980				2603		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 5, Baku, 1981, p. 338; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 309.