Karki (Azerbaijani: Kərki) or Tigranashen (Armenian: Տիգրանաշեն) is a village that is de jure an enclave and exclave of Azerbaijan, de facto under the control of Armenia, administered within the Ararat Municipality of the Ararat Province.

[2] The village is located on the bank of the Akhuryan River near the Yerevan–Jermuk highway, which is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away from the district centre.

[3] The village was captured by Armenian forces on 19 January 1990, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

[4][5][6][7] Since May 1992, following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Karki has been controlled by Armenia, which governs the 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) territory as part of its Ararat Province.

[9][10][7] According to the 1910 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, Karki (Кярки) had a predominantly Tatar[a] population of 244 in 1908.