Erzurum Attractions
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East Anatolia (northern East Taurus)
Erzurum claims with every justification to be the economic and cultural capital of eastern Turkey, with a university founded in 1958. Surrounded by mountains rising to more than 3,000m/10,000ft, snow covered until well into summer (to the south the 3,176m/10,424ft Palandöken Daglari, to the north Dumlu Dag, 3,169m/10,400ft, and to the northeast the Kargapazari Daglari, 3,129m/10,269ft), the town lies on the Silk Road from Persia to the Black Sea. The climate is distinctly continental, with very long very cold winters and correspondingly short very hot summers.
Erzurum claims with every justification to be the economic and cultural capital of eastern Turkey, with a university founded in 1958. Surrounded by mountains rising to more than 3,000m/10,000ft, snow covered until well into summer (to the south the 3,176m/10,424ft Palandöken Daglari, to the north Dumlu Dag, 3,169m/10,400ft, and to the northeast the Kargapazari Daglari, 3,129m/10,269ft), the town lies on the Silk Road from Persia to the Black Sea. The climate is distinctly continental, with very long very cold winters and correspondingly short very hot summers.
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Çifte Minareli Medrese
The Çifte Minareli Medrese was built sometime in the last half of the 13th C. This interesting building now houses a museum.
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Citadel
The Citadel rises above the Old Town. It contains a 12th C mosque with a19th C minaret displaying a Neo-Baroque gallery.
Erzurum Surroundings
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Haho (Hahul)
Haho's most famous site is a 10th C monastery and church which is today a mosque.
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Tortum, Turkey
From Erzurum the road to Tortum climbs over the Güzelyayla Pass, past the village of Güzelyayla where there is a 5th C church.
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Tortum Selalesi
At the north end of the lake of Tortum Gölü, this waterfalls tumbles 50 m down the escarpment.