In Armenian history writing, the term Tayk is often used as a pars pro toto for the historic northwest Armenian lands which are now located in north-eastern Turkey. In a narrower sense the term only refers to one province. The Georgian synonyms for Tayk are Tao (for the province) and Tao-Klarjeti (for the entire region). Image File history File linksMetadata Tayk,_next_to_Oltu_river,_near_Olur. ... Tao-Klarjeti is the term conventionally used in modern history writing to describe the historic south-western Georgian principalities, now forming part of north-eastern Turkey and divided among the provinces of Erzurum, Artvin, Ardahan and Kars. ...