in recent years. In an attempt to settle an unrelated land dispute between local Chechen and Lak communities, the Dagestan government announced in 2017 that it had built 3,000 houses for the Laks, on land which formerly belonged to Kumyks in Tarki. This led to a protest camp being established by the Kumyk community, in an attempt to finally secure restitution for their deportation in 1944, and prevent this land from being given to a different community without their consent. Administrative and municipal status Urban-type settlement status was granted to Tarki in 1958. Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Tarki is in jurisdiction of Sovetsky City District of the City of Makhachkala. Within the framework of municipal divisions, Tarki is a part of Makhachkala Urban Okrug. See also Shamkhalate of Tarki References Citations Bibliography . . Urban-type settlements in the Republic of Dagestan Khazar towns Kumyks