Damal, formerly
Petereke, is a town and district of
Ardahan ProvinceArdahan Province is a province in the far north-east of Turkey, at the very end of the country, where Turkey borders with Georgia .The provincial capital is the city of Ardahan.- Etymology :...
of
TurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey
, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe...
, on the road from Kars to
PosofPosof is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey, in the far east of the country, on the border with Georgia, 75 km from the city of Ardahan.Formerly named "Postkhovi" under Georgian rule, and later as "Duğur".-Geography:...
.
Damal is on a route across the traditional
Silk RoadThe Silk Road is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, as well as North and Northeast Africa and Europe...
, connecting the
CaucasusThe Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region between at the border of Europe and Asia. It is home to the Caucasus Mountains, including Europe's highest mountain ....
from Europe to Central Asia and has changed hands many times throughout history, between
MedesThe Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area is known as Media...
, Persians, Ancient Romans, Byzantines and finally the Ottoman Turks. The region was briefly controlled by Imperial Russia but later restored to Turkey after World War One.
This is a rural area in high mountain, a collection of villages rather than a district built around a central town, watered by mountain springs, the district was created in order to bring more public buildings and government jobs and thus stem the drift of people away from the area.
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Damal, formerly
Petereke, is a town and district of
Ardahan ProvinceArdahan Province is a province in the far north-east of Turkey, at the very end of the country, where Turkey borders with Georgia .The provincial capital is the city of Ardahan.- Etymology :...
of
TurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey
, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe...
, on the road from Kars to
PosofPosof is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey, in the far east of the country, on the border with Georgia, 75 km from the city of Ardahan.Formerly named "Postkhovi" under Georgian rule, and later as "Duğur".-Geography:...
.
History
Damal is on a route across the traditional
Silk RoadThe Silk Road is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, as well as North and Northeast Africa and Europe...
, connecting the
CaucasusThe Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region between at the border of Europe and Asia. It is home to the Caucasus Mountains, including Europe's highest mountain ....
from Europe to Central Asia and has changed hands many times throughout history, between
MedesThe Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area is known as Media...
, Persians, Ancient Romans, Byzantines and finally the Ottoman Turks. The region was briefly controlled by Imperial Russia but later restored to Turkey after World War One.
Geography
This is a rural area in high mountain, a collection of villages rather than a district built around a central town, watered by mountain springs, the district was created in order to bring more public buildings and government jobs and thus stem the drift of people away from the area. This part of a Turkey has a cold, hard climate, temperatures drop to -37 Celsius in winter.
The rag dolls of Damal are renowned and have won prizes in craftrwork festivals.
At a certain time of the year Damal mountain throws a shadow that is a very lifelike silhouette of
AtatürkMustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President....
. There is an annual gathering to watch this event, although there are many who believe that Atatürk should be remembered for his life and works and not for this shadow. For a picture see.