Erzurum facts for kids
Erzurum is a city in eastern Turkey. It is the capital and largest city in Erzurum Province. The 2000 census showed 361,235 people lived there. The number of people increased to 367,250 by 2010.
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"A Prospect of Erzeron the Capital of Armenia" from Joseph Pitton de Tournefort's 1717 book Relation d'un voyage du Levant
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The Seljuk era Çifte Minareli Medrese (Twin Minaret Madrasa) is the symbol of the city and appears on its coat of arms.
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Yakutiye Medrese in the center
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Sanasarian College was one of the premier Armenian educational institutions in Erzurum on the eve of the First World War. Its faculty was murdered during the 1915 genocide.
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Atatürk monument dedicated to the Erzurum Congress
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Jewelry shops in Taşhan
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Palandöken in August 2009, as seen from downtown Erzurum.
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A mosque view in Erzurum.
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Cağ Kebab of Erzurum.
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Atatürk University in Erzurum
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2011 Winter Universiade opening in Kazım Karabekir Stadium.
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The K-95 /left) and K-125 (right) ski jumping towers at Kiremitliktepe.
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Details of the Çifte Minareli Madrasa
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Interior of the Yakutiye Medrese
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The Statue of 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.
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See also
In Spanish: Erzurum para niños
