Samandöken, Göle

Samandöken
Village
Country	Turkey
Province	Ardahan Province
District	Göle
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Samandöken, Göle is a village in the District of Göle, Ardahan Province, Turkey. ^[1]

References

Coordinates: 40°50′33″N 42°30′35″E / 40.8424°N 42.5096°E / 40.8424; 42.5096

History

Original name of the village before establishment of Turkey was Sinot. The name of the village was changed in the early years of the Turkey. During naming process the officers visited the village during blend time, and They saw lots of shed on the way to the village and decided to give the name of this village as hay dropers Samandöken. During Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) a lot of Caucasian Muslim families settled in the village but on the final days of the war some of the refugees from the Caucasus together with some local families left the village and immigrated to Erzurum Aşkale. Approximately 18-20 families has founded the village Haydarhac. Later some other families left the village due to economical problems during Russian rule. Most of those families did not return to the village after Russian rule.

Culture

Muslim Anatolian culture and traditions still lives in the village.

The village witnessed several wars, and during the war time population forced to leave the village, however most of the families returned to the village after war ended. The village consists of several families namely: Yılmaz, Usanmaz, Akçora, Polat, Kaya, Karakaş, Karakuş, Yilmaz, Akkoyun, Akkaya, Palavan, Aydınlar, Taşdemir, Şahin, Beyazgül, Demir, Ergüner,Erdaş, Saraç. Also some immigrant families Ataç, Parlak. Cross marriages within the families made the ties between families very strong that made the war times relatively easier for the population. Barter trade and help cooperation plays very important role for the village especially during producing Turkish carpet by this village increase the solidarity. for example in home grown daughters procedural imece carpet texture neighbors and the aid would be made in order, public laundry in the creek mouth during the summer, wool washing, type of crops planted after cleaning the stone appeared in Talan, mow the meadow was done by imece solidarity.

Geography

Ardahan province, 59 km and 14 km from the lake district.

Climate

The climate of the village, continental climate domain içerisindedir.karasal most prominent feature of the climate; summers are hot and dry, winters are cold and rainy gecer.ancak Ardahan, Kars and Erzurum plateau of its own in a climate of heavy winter than vardir.bura. Sometimes weather-cold of -30 degrees to the ulastg Umeda görülür.tabi of global warming in recent years seen their share in this year's almistir.es of meters Karyagdi they know now görülmemektedir.b of our elders lived in the area of the village. The length of the house and the snow was up to the county transportation just sank (at the runner) and was done.

Population

is one of the biggest village of Göle