Yeni Rabat

New Rabat (Georgian: იენი რაბათი) is an old village in Ardanuç district of Artvin province. Its name was later changed to Rabat, and in 1925 it was changed to Çamlık. Today it is a neighborhood of Bulanık village.
New Rabat Church and New Rabat Castle, also known as Ahaldaba Church are located here.
==History==
According to certain reports, New Rabat was formerly known as Ahaldaba. The Georgian place name Ahaldaba () means "new village" or "new settlement". The Arabic word "rabat" refers to the community of artisans and tradespeople that surrounds a castle. Ahaldaba must have became New Rabat at some point.
At the time of the Georgian Kingdom of the Ahaldaba Church, 10-11. The fact that it was built in the centuries shows that this place is an ancient settlement.The village, known by the names Ahldaba or Yeni Rabat and seized by the Ottomans in the middle of the 16th century, was not recorded in the cadastral registers of Ardanuç liva, dated 1574 and 1595. The name of Yeni Rabat as a hamlet was not recorded in the 1835 census. It's possible that at this period, this village served as Longothevi's neighborhood. This community was listed as a village under the name of Yeni Rabat in the population estimate produced in 1886 after the Klarceti region was captured by the Russians in the 93 War. Yeni Rabat, in the Ardanuç district (uçastok) of the Artvin sanjak (okrug) under Russian rule, had 121 residents. The entire population of this population was recorded as Armenian. 
After Russia's departure from the area at the end of World War I, New Rabat remained within the boundaries of the Democratic Republic of Georgia for a while. The settlement really merged with Turkey when the Georgian government retreated in response to the ultimatum that the Ankara government issued to the Tbilisi government during the Red Army's invasion of Georgia. Following the annexation of the Democratic Republic of Georgia's territory, the Artvin and Ardahan districts, including the settlement of Yeni Rabat, were given to Turkey as part of the Moscow Treaty, which was signed on March 16, 1921, between the governments of Soviet Russia and Ankara.
In the village, which was recorded as "Rabat" in the population determination made in 1922, 44 people in 8 households lived in the liva of ArtvinThere were no Armenians living in the village at the time, as evidenced by the fact that the whole population is listed as "Turkish". The settlement was once situated in the Ardanuç sub-district of the Artvin liva (province's) central district. Since Rabat was not Turkish, the village's name was changed to "amlk" in 1925. The village of amlk had the same administrative status and had 36 residents living in 6 houses when the population estimate for the following year was conducted. Results of the general census taken in 1935 do not identify Amlk as a hamlet. It is assumed that prior to this time, amlk served as the name of the neighborhood in the village of Bulank
10-11. In the area presently known as Yeni Rabat and Rabat. From the Yeni Rabat Monastery, which was established in the 16th century, only the main church and a smaller church were left standing. The Yeni Rabat Church or Ahaldaba Church is a free cross-shaped building with a dome and four cross arms. The structure is notable for its external ornamentation, particularly on the south façade, and features inscriptions in both Georgian and Armenian on two distinct stones. The monastery's little church is a one-nave structure. The church, which is 1.2 kilometers northeast of Bulank's village center, was entirely damaged.
This area's Rabat Castle, also known as Yeni Rabat Castle, is a modest-sized structure (49 25 m) with two towers. On the right bank of the Longothevi Stream, 2.2 km northwest of the Bulank village center, stands New Rabat Castle, also known as Longothevi Castle. Castle remains only in ruins.
Category:Villages
Category:Villages in Ardanuç District
Category:Tao-Klarjeti
Category:History of Artvin Province