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Türkgözü
Türkgözü (formerly: ''Badele'') is a village in the Posof District, Ardahan Province, Turkey. Its population is 175 (2021). It is a border crossing point to Vale in Georgia. Türkgözü is north of the province center Ardahan and northeast of Posof. The residents of Türkgözü are Kipchaks, descendants of Turkic people from Central Asia, who came to the place from Akhaltsikhe region in the 18th century. In the past, many people left the village for economic reasons. With the opening of the border checkpoint in 1997, the emigration came to an end. Currently, 70 families live in the village. A number of historical structures in the village, among them churches and graveyards, point to the early settlement of the place, which was formerly called Badele. The village is set up on a plain that separates Kodiyan Plateau from Kobliyan Valley. The Posof Creek, running south-east of the village, forms part of the border to Georgia. There are three lakes around the settlement. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia–Turkey Border
The Georgia–Turkey border ( ka, საქართველო–თურქეთის საზღვარი, tr, Gürcistan–Türkiye sınırı) is 273 km (170 miles) in length and runs from the Black Sea coast in the west to the tripoint with Armenia in the east. Description The border starts in the west on the Black Sea just south of Sarpi and then proceeds overland eastwards via a series of irregular lines; it then arcs broadly south-eastwards, cutting across Kartsakhi Lake, and down to the Armenian tripoint. The western third of the border is taken up by Georgia's Autonomous Republic of Adjara. History During the 19th the Caucasus region was contested between the declining Ottoman Empire, Persia and Russia, which was expanding southwards. Russia had conquered most of Persia's Caucasian lands by 1828 and then turned its attention to the Ottoman Empire. By the 1829 Treaty of Adrianople (ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–9) Russia gained most of modern G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
