Murteyl is a village in the Gazakh uezd of the former Yelizavetpol (Ganja) governorate, later in the former Karvansara (Ijevan) district, and currently in the Tavush province. The provincial centre lies 2 km to the southwest of the town of Karvansara, at a height of 1,700 m above sea level. It had been subordinated to the Polad village Soviet (a rural council), and the Dilijan district until the end of 1930.

The village was inhabited by 43 Azerbaijanis in 1897, 86 in 1904, and 187 Azerbaijanis in 1919. In early 1919, Armenian armed groups destroyed the village and deported the Azerbaijanis. Following the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the surviving inhabitants managed to return to their village. The village was inhabited by 86 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 103 in 1926, 16 in 1931, 190 in 1939, 129 in 1959, 175 in 1970, 174 in 1979, and 85 Azerbaijanis in 1987. Despite the fact that the Murteyl village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis, “The Dictionary of Armenian Settlements” published in 2008 shows the total number of people living in the village, not the ethnic composition. On 24-28 November 1988 the villagers were completely deported from their historical and ethnic lands by the Armenian government.

The toponym was coined on the basis of the ethnotoponym “Murtulu” attributed to the Turkic tribe “Takla”.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 25 January 1978, the village was renamed “Chichakbulag”, and by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 3 April 1991, it was renamed “Geghatap”. According to the law “On the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia” dated 7 November 1995, it was integrated into the administrative area of the Tavush province.

Geographical coordinates: latitude: 40°41’ N., longitude: 45°00’ E.