Albanian temple in the village of Ganli

In the village of Ganli (Ganli Allahverdi, Qamishli since 12.08.1946) in the Basarkechar district of the Goycha district

Basarkechar district – since 11.06.1969, Vardenis, Ganli village was merged with Torfavan since 1976, and Karkibash village on 09.04.1991 and was named Vanevan.

Architecture

The Albanian temple was not repaired by the Armenians because it was not an "Armenian monument." When the Azerbaijanis left the area in December 1988, their remains were still in the area where the temple was located.

The Albanian temple of Ganli was located in the center of the village. The temple dates back to the 8th-9th centuries. Tufa stone was used in the construction of the temple. Its length was 8, width was 4, and height with the roof was about 6 meters.
The ancient cemetery in the center of the village proves that people lived here since ancient times. Monuments written in the Albanian alphabet are a sign of the belonging of these places to Albanian Turks. Albanian stone monuments and graves remained until the deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia in 1988.
In the 12th century, the Goycha region, including the village of Ganli, was occupied by the Arabs, and at that time the local population was forced to convert to Islam. In the 14th century, Amir Temur attacked the Goycha region. In the 16th century, the district accepted the citizenship of the Agqoyunlu people. The name of the village was changed 3 times from the first day of its establishment until December 1988. That name existed until August 12, 1946. The meaning of the second name of the village, "Qamishli", is related to the presence of reeds in the large peat mine located in the lower part of the village. That name existed until 1976. The meaning of the third name of the village, Torfavan, is related to the name of the large peat mine located in the lower part of the village. The main reason for giving this name to the village was the influence of the anti-Turkish policy carried out by the Armenian Dashnaks.
According to historical documents, in 1831, the population of the village of Ganli Allahverdi (including those who moved from Qamishli and took refuge in this village) was 314 people. The number of Azerbaijanis living in the village increased to 397 in 1897, 445 in 1908, 465 in 1914, and 483 in 1916. In November 1918, the village was partially burned and looted by Armenians, and in April 1919, it was completely burned and looted. In 1922, only 30 percent of the refugees, 165 people, restored the village of Kayidarag. However, from that time on, the Armenians indicated the name of the village in official documents as Ganly, not Ganly Allahverdi. In 1931, the number of villagers was 287, and in 1945, it was 363. During the state-level deportations of 1948–1953, the village of Ganli was also blacklisted, and the entire village was relocated to the Kur-Araz lowland.
Part of the population died due to inability to adapt to the lowland zone, and part died as a result of malaria. After 1956, a small part of the survivors returned to the village and tried to restore it.
According to the results of the 1979 census, the village population was 673 people. The village of Ganli, which was besieged by Armenian bandits from November 24 to December 7, 1988, yielded two martyrs - 62 year old Ahmadov Firudin Hasan oglu died as a result of physical injuries, and 61-year-old Ibrahimov Mirzaga Ibad oglu died after falling into a storm during the persecution. The village population was forced to move to Azerbaijan at that time.

The history of the establishment of the village of Ganli coincides with the end of the 14th century (1387) and the beginning of the 15th century (1410). The establishment of the village and the word "Ganli", which is the first name, are connected with the name of the "Kanli" branch, one of the 12 Turkic tribes that make up the epic of Dede Gorgud, which is a descendant of the Seljuk Turks. Along with the toponym, the gravestone inscriptions indicate that the village was an ancient homeland inhabited by Azerbaijanis.