Region: Transcontinental country,
located mostly on Anatolia in Western Asia
and on East Thrace in Southeastern Europe.
Area Total: 783,562 km2
Coast Line: Black Sea, The Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Coast Line: Black Sea, The Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Capital: ANKARA
Twin minarets
Çifte Minareli Medrese is an architectural monument of the late Seljuk period in the Turkish city of Erzurum. Built as a theological school a few years before 1265,
it takes its name, Twin Minaret Madrasa, from the two fluted minarets that crown the monumental façade.
Üç Kümbetler-Three tombs
The Mausoleum of Emir Saltuk (1081-1102) is the largest and most unusual in a complex of three tombs just south of the walled city of Erzurum.
The owners of the two other tombs are unknown.
Red fairy chimneys, Narman, Erzurum
Yakutiye madrasah, Erzurum
In accordance with the inscription on the crown door of the madrasa, it was constructed by Cemaleddin Hoca Yakut Gazani in the name of Gazanhan and Bolugan Hatun in the time of Sultan Olcayto,
the Ilhanlı Ruler in the year 710 according to the Islamic Calendar (in 1310).
Details of Yakutiye Madrasah, Erzurum
Oshki monastery, Erzurum
Oshki monastery from the second half of the 10th century located in the historic province of Tao, now in North-eastern Turkey.
The main church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, was built between 963 and 973.
Oshki monastery was a major centre of Georgian literature and enlightenment during the Middle Ages.
Oshki monastery was a major centre of Georgian literature and enlightenment during the Middle Ages.
Oshki monastery, Erzurum
Erzurum Castle and Clock Tower
The first fortification at this site was probably built in Urartian times. Throughout history Erzurum changed hands frequently between the Assyrians, the Sassanids, Persians, Arabs, Romans and Byzantines.
The present castle however was built in 415 AD under the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II.
Aziziye Bastion(Aziziye Tabyasi), Erzurum
Aziziye bastions are the areas in which 93 wars took place (Ottoman-Russia war 1877-1878)
Nene Hatun Tomb
Nene Hatun (1857 – 22 May 1955) was a Turkish folk heroine, who at her age of twenty showed bravery during the recapture of Fort Aziziye in Erzurum from Russian forces at the start of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
Monument to Nene Hatun symbolizing all Turkish women.
Seven Lakes, Uzundere, Erzurum
Palandöken Mountains, Erzurum
Winter sports centers..
Tortum Waterfalls, Erzurum
An old house from Erzurum
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