When thinking about ancient cities once enclosed by walls Turkey is not necessarily the country that most readily springs to mind, with the…
Other names: Bagnair, Bagnayr A turning on the right-hand side of the road from Kars to Ani leads eventually to the village of…
“Cutting Oil” Population: negligible Of all the forgotten Armenian churches scattered around the villages near Ani perhaps the most impressive is the…
Midway between Kars and Ani in remote northeastern Turkey lies the village of Subatan where a turn to the left leads eventually to…
Bagratid Armenia’s splendid abandoned capital Set on a headland above the valley of the Arpa Çayı river right on the border with Armenia, the…
Setting for Orhan Pamuk’s novel Kar (Snow) Population: 91,500 Stranded in the north-eastern corner…
Roughly delineated by an imaginary line drawn south from Trabzon on the Black Sea coast through Erzincan to Tunceli and then heading east…