Asmakonak is a village in the Posof District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Its population is 41 (2021).
The former name of Asmakonak village is Samkhula. Samkhula (), a Georgian place name, consists of the words sami (სამი: three) and khula (ხულა: barn) and means "Three Barns"."სამი" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 volumes ISBN 0-9535878-3-5"ხულა" - A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary, London, 2006, 2 volumes ISBN 0-9535878-3-5 This place name is also written as "Samkhula" (سامخولا) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595.გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 volumes, volume III (1958), p. 457
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