Kldistavi (Georgian: კლდისთავი) is a neighborhood of Demirdöven (formerly Zemovani) village in Yusufeli District of Artvin Province in Turkey. One source states that the new name of the neighborhood is "Verimli".Taner Artvinli, Yusufeli Külliyâtı, Istanbul, 2013, 2 volumes, I. volum, p. 333, ISBN 9786058624818.
History
Kldistavi is a Georgian place name composed of the words "klde" (კლდე) and "tavi" (თავი), meaning "rock top"."კლდე" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006 ISBN 0-9535878-3-5"თავი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006 ISBN 0-9535878-3-5 This place name is written in different forms in Turkish, such as "Kildistav" and "Kıldıztav".Taner Artvinli, Artvin Yer Adları Sözlüğü, Istanbul, 2013, p. 164, ISBN 978-605-5708-85-6.
Kldistavi is located in Tao, one of the regions that formed the western part of Georgia in the Middle Ages. Indeed, the Ottomans seized this region from the Georgians after the Georgian campaign of 1549. However, this settlement is not registered as a village in Ottoman registers.
In 1835, when the Ottoman administration only registered the male population, Kldistavi was a neighborhood of the village of Zemovani. Zemovani was a waqf village in the Livane district of the Livane-i Ulya sanjak of the Childir Eyalet. The neighborhood of Kldistavi, whose name in this register has been read as "Keldesa", "Kildista", and "Kelirsa" in different publications, consisted of 63 households. In the entire village of Zemovani, including other neighborhoods, 373 Muslim men were registered in 96 households.Taner Artvinli, Yusufeli Külliyâtı, İstanbul, 2013, 2 cilt, I. cilt, p. 333, ISBN 9786058624818."ტაო", Mamia Pahgava, Meri Tsintsadze, Maia Baramidze, Malhaz Chokharadze, Tina Shioshvili, Ramaz Khalvashi, Nugzar Mgeladze, Zaza Shashikadze, Merab Khalvashi, Jimsher Chkhvimiani, Jemal Karalidze, Batumi, 2020, p. 102. ISBN 978-9941-25-828-2Buket Şahin, 1835 tarihli Çıldır Eyaletine Bağlı Livane-i Ulya Sancağı 2768 numaralı Nüfus Defterinin Değerlendirilmesi, Erzurum, 2019, p. 134. Yüksek lisans tezi
Kldistavi, commonly spelled "Kildistav" in Turkish, currently maintains its status as one of the neighborhoods of Demirdöven village, known as Verimli.
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