Gökçedere is a town (''

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'') and municipality in the Demirözü District,

Bayburt Province Bayburt Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province of Turkey. Located in the Northeast Anatolia Region (statistical), Northeast Anatolia region of the country, the capital city is Bayburt. Its area is 3,746 km2, and its population is 84,24 ...

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. Its population is 2,396 (2021).

History

Gökçedere has its roots in the history. It has been a Turkish town, where

Chepni Chepni (; ; ) is one of the 24 Oghuz Turkic tribes. History In the legend of Oghuz Qaghan, the Chepni was stated as one of the clans of the tribe of ''Gök Han'' that consists of Pecheneg (''Beçenek''), Bayandur (''Bayındır''), Chowdur ('' ...

Turks have been living for more than six centuries. Gökçedere was one of the cross points of the ancient silk road. To support merchants on the town,

Aq Qoyunlu The Aq Qoyunlu or the White Sheep Turkomans (, ; ) was a culturally Persianate society, Persianate,Kaushik Roy, ''Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400–1750'', (Bloomsbury, 2014), 38; "Post-Mongol Persia and Iraq were ruled by two trib ...

built inns, Turkish baths, madrasah and mosque. Ulu Mosque and its madrasah, which were built in 1517 are the only things remaining from those times. When

Selim I Selim I (; ; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute (), was the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite lasting only eight years, his reign is ...

conquered Bayburt in 1514 and Gökçedere became

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

town. Gökçedere's original name was Pulur which was used in the past.

Geography

Gökçedere is surrounded by small villages, i.e. Eymür, Bayrampaşa (Hığni) in the east, Çimentepe (Kütüdü), Kavaklı (Poyuk) in the west, Petekli (Çorozma), Yakupabdal in the south and Köse which is a town in Gümüşhane in the north. It has average altitude of 1700m. Gökçedere is cold and snowy in the winder and warm in the summer. People do animal husbandry and farming to support their lives.

References

Populated places in Bayburt Province Demirözü District Town municipalities in Turkey {{Bayburt-geo-stub