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…
Lost in the mountains Population: 21,100 Four km from the main Kars-Erzurum road, the mountain town of Kağızman…
Bordering Azerbaijan population: 101,700 Other names: Kaghzvan (Armenian), Qaxisman (Kurdish) Midway between Kars…
Mini Pamukkale Population:20,300 Diyadin is an unexceptional small town 7km south of…
Shadow of Mt Ararat Population: 86,000 Old name: Kurdava…
Roughly delineated by an imaginary line drawn south from Trabzon on the Black Sea coast through Erzincan to Tunceli and then heading east…
Turkey’s largest lake Other name: Gola Wane (Kurdish) A brief glance at a map of Eastern Turkey immediately reveals that its most conspicuous…
The Urartian capital of Tushpa Population: 511,000 (Van) – 348,000 (İpekyolu), 163,00 (Tuşba) Other name: Wane (Kurdish) Despite…