Akyaka, Kars

Akyaka ( "Şoregil" or "Şöregel", or , ) is a district of Kars Province in eastern Turkey, and the name of the small town that is the district's administrative capital. It is located on Turkey's closed border with Armenia. The population was 2,273 in 2010.
Government.
Ergüder Toptaş was elected mayor in the local elections in March 2019. Nur Seninç Özbek serves as Kaymakam.
Population.
99% of the population is Azerbaijani who fled the Russian Empire, namely the territory of modern-day Armenia, between 1880 and 1915. They are Shiite Muslims.
History.
The settlement was called Şuregel until 1922 and Kızılçakçak between 1922 and 1961. 
It was also a district between 1922 and 1926, and a township in the Arpaçay district between 1926 and 1988. The Akyaka municipality was established in 1972. 
Transport.
Akyaka is a border checkpoint on the railway into Armenia, which has been closed since 1993. The route from Kars runs next to the railway leading to the border.