Türkgözü is a village in the Posof District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. 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 historical name of Türkgözü village is Badela. Badela (ბადელა) is a Georgian place name and is derived from the word "bade" (ბადე), meaning fishing net."ბადე" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 column ISBN 0-9535878-3-5 The name of the village was also recorded as Badela (بادلە) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595.გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 column, III. column (1958), pp. 450.
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