Karki, Azerbaijan

Karki (, ) is a village that is "de jure" an exclave of the Sadarak District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, "de facto" under the control of Armenia, administrated as part of its Ararat Province. 
The village is located on the bank of the Arpachay River near the Yerevan-Jermuk highway, which is away from the district centre. The area of the village itself is . 
The main highway connecting northern Armenia with southern Armenia passes right by the village, which is today mostly inhabited by Armenians, both locals and refugees from Azerbaijan. The village has been renamed Tigranashen by the Armenian government after the ancient king Tigranes the Great, under whose reign the Kingdom of Armenia attained its greatest power. 
Etymology.
According to Azerbaijani sources, the village's name reflects the name of the Karki tribe. Sources indicate that the "Karki" tribes came to Azerbaijan as part of the Turkic Kipchaks in the early Middle Ages. There is information about the existence of a tribe of the "kərkibaşlı" (), which was one of the arms of the "qazakhly" tribe, at the beginning of the 19th century. One of the arms of the "Ersari" tribe of Turkmens was called "Karki". Karki tribes were registered on the territories of Uzbekistan and Turkey.
History.
The village was occupied on 19 January 1990, by Armenian forces.
Since May 1992, following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Karki has been controlled by Armenia, which administers the territory as part of its Ararat Province. 
After the war, many of the former inhabitants of Karki resettled in a new village, Yeni Kərki (New Karki), created within the Kangarli District of Azerbaijan.