İkizler is a village in the

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. The village had a population of 17 in 2021. The

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...

of Bulutlu, Karlık and Recep are attached to the village.

History

The southern slopes of two large rock masses near İkizler were settled in the Early

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

. In 1835, the village of Pun (or Pon) had a male population of 171 Muslims and 220 non-Muslims, for a total population of 391 males. In 1917, the village consisted of two neighborhoods, Pun and Vankuk. In 1946, the village was called Punvankuk.

References

{{Tercan-geo-stub Villages in Tercan District Kurdish settlements in Erzincan Province Former Armenian communities in Turkey