Balgöze is a village in the Posof District, Ardahan Province, Turkey.Köy , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023. The village is populated by Kurds of the Gelturan tribe and had a population of 216 in 2021.
The former name of Balgözü village was Childireti. It derives from the Georgian word Chrdileti (ჩრდილეთი), meaning "northern land". Indeed, there is a village called Çrdileti (ჩრდილეთი) in present-day Georgia."უნივერსალური ენციკლოპედიური ლექსიკონი", 3 volumes, Tbilisi, 2006 This place name appears as Çildiret (چیلدیرەت) in Turkish sources.Son Teşkilat-i Mülkiyede Köylerimizin Adları (Ottoman Turkish), Istanbul, 1928, p. 762.
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