evidence: The village, located on the bank of the Arpachay river, is marked as "Karkichik" in the "Detailed book of the Iravan province", compiled in 1728. The toponym Karki is found in Azerbaijan, as well as in other territories where Turks live. For example, in the Basarkechar region of the Goycha district (now the Vardenis region of the Gegharkunik province of Armenia), there was a village called Karkibash in the 1920s on the ancient Azerbaijani land. Until 1988, only Azerbaijanis lived in the village. After the deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia in 1988, residents of the village of Karkibash were also forced to move to Azerbaijan. [...] The village of Karki is one of the exclaves of Azerbaijan located on the territory of Armenia. Until August 1990, the village was part of the Sharur region of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The village with an area of 960 hectares with 500 inhabitants is included in the administrative-territorial unit of the Sadarak region, formed by the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan dated August 29, 1990. By that time, Karki had already been occupied by the Armenian armed formations. Armenian militants have been shelling the village since 1989. In mid-January 1990, these shelling intensified. [...] Thus, the village of Karki became the first territory of Azerbaijan occupied by the Armenians. Residents of the village still live in the village of Yeni Karki, built in the Kangarli region of Nakhchivan. According to the statistics of 2019, the population of the village is 986 people.