Quite white castle Population: In distant northeastern Turkey, on…
It’s worth pausing briefly at this simple agricultural settlement just inland from Çıldır Lake to look at the old mosque which was attached…
Barley River Town …
Lake of Shadows Tucked up in the far north-eastern corner of Turkey on the borders with Armenia and Georgia, this huge and glorious…
Battlefield town …
“Five Churches” Midway between the village of Dağpınar and the small town of Digor on the road south from Kars to Iğdır, the…
Setting for Orhan Pamuk’s novel Kar (Snow) Population: 91,500 Stranded in the north-eastern corner…
Prehistory writ large Roughest of all the roads you can take out of Kağızman is the one that wends its way towards the…
Old Armenian stronghold Population: 400 Old names: Artogerassa (Latin), Artagers (Armenian), Keçror, Geçivan The ostensible reason…
Forgotten Georgian church The ostensible reason for taking the long 25km drive along an unasphalted road from Kağızman to Çengili is the ruined…