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Kars City Guide


Editor : Kars City Council Date & Place : 2008, İstanbul
Preface : Pages : 124
Traduction : Yeşim Erdem HollandISBN : 978-975-01411-2-6
Language : EnglishFormat : 150x210 mm
FIKP's Code : Liv. En. 2787Theme : General

Kars City Guide

Kars, city guide

Vedat Akçayöz
Tazebey Çakaz
Yıldırım Öztürkkan
Sezai Yazıcı
Özcan Yurdalan

Would you tike to ski on crystallized snow? Or watch the snow fall from in front of a cozy fire on a winter afternoon? Lose your way wandering through century-old streets, admiring unique Russian architecture and imagining the life of those stone houses?

How about following one of Turkey's most important bird trails, and seeking out flowers that can't be found anywhere else?

Are you ready to encounter the city of Orhan Pamuk's novel 'Snow'? Or to go back thousands of years as you explore the ancient city of Ani, one of the world's most precious cultural heritage sites?

There is a place where you can do all these: Kars.

Kars is Turkey's gateway to the Caucasus. It's a city which is likely to be on one of the new borders of the European Union in the near future. A must-see city, with its thick white blanket throughout the winter, and its Russian architecture.

More than just a guide, this book is a collective work...

It is the product of an adventure undertaken by the people of Kars as they talk about their own city - a book in which locals describe their home and welcome their guests.

Contents

1. Basic facts
Climate, flora, lakes / 7
Population / 9
Economy / 10
Architecture / 14

2. History
Kars in the prehistoric period / 19
Hurrians, Urartians / 21
Kimmerians, Tigran kingdom, / 22
Bagratid kingdom, Byzantine period / 23
Seljuk period / 23
Georgians and Mongalians / 24
Karakoyunlular, Akkoyunlular, Safavids / 24
Ottomans, / 25
Russians, the war of `93 / 26
Kars under Russian rule / 28
Regulations for muslim people / 30
The Sarikamiş front / 30
The democratic republic of the Southwest Caucasus / 31

3. Suggested routes
Day trails / 34
Thematic trails / 36

4. Sightseeing
Kaleiçi (old city) / 41
Tahtdüzü (new city) / 47
Ani / 53
Around ani / 61
Sarikamiş and Around / 63
Digor and Around / 64
Akyaka, Kağizman and Around / 65
Susuz / 67
Çildir / 67

5. Culture
Music / 68
The 'âşik' tradition / 71
Cuisine / 71
Sport / 76
Media / 77
Culture, art and sports centers / 79

6. Kars in photographs / 81

7. What is where?
Accomodation / 113
Food and drink / 115
Rent a car / 119
Internet cafes, photography studios / 119
Transportation / 120

PREFACE

This book is the product of a joint effort. A considerable number of books have been written about Kars over its history, but not many in the relatively modern format of the guide book. In recent years, Kars has become one of the main attractions of Eastern Anatolia with its history, geography, daily life, and also through new archeological discoveries and artistic and cultural projects that tie its past to its present.

Kars has always been of interest to travelers but has recently become a destination visited by an increasing number of tourists every year.

This book is the result of a project undertaken by many writers and editors. The intention is to promote the city to guests and help them create daily programs. The contributors to this book are also local people who take part in the social, cultural and political life of their city. The book draws on a significant number of sources that provide access to current knowledge about the city, and on long periods of discussion and exchange of individual observations and interpretations.

The purpose was obviously not just to publish a guide book. Throughout its preparation we have benefited from the process involved in sharing our creativity and thus enhancing knowledge and mutual understanding. Many thanks go to Okay Akarca, Ayşe Alibeyoğlu, Naif Alibeyoğlu, Semiha Alibeyoğlu, Rana Zincir Celal, Kemal Gökhan Gürses, Dilşad Oygur, Gül Pulhan, Alper Sezer, Hülya Sezer, Cengiz Şıklı, Serap Tombul and all the members of the City Council for their valuable contributions.

We hope that this Kars guide will be a means of bringing more guests to the city, and that they will leave pleased with their experience in the Kars area.

Kars, city guide

Editors:
Vedat Akcayöz (Routes and culture sections),
Tazebey Çakaz (History section),
Yıldırım Öztürkkan (Historical heritage and sightseeing sections),
Sezai Yazıcı,
Özcan Yurdalan

Translated by Yeşim Erdem Holland

Publishing Coordinators:
Buluş Oygur,
Burcu Yilmaz

Contributors:
Zübeyde Aktaş,
Sibel Alp Argunhan,
Hülya Ayaz,
Ömer Bağcı,
Mustafa Çınar,
Sedat Doğanay,
Ahmet Günay,
Fatma Günes,
Erkan Karagöz,
Cafer Karaman,
İhsan Karayazı,
Beti Minkin,
Cüneyt Okyar,
Arzu Orhankazi,
Mecbure Oygur,
Nihat Özgünlü,
İsrafil Parlak,
Bingür Sönmez,
Salih Şahin,
Nihal Şamiloğlu,
Çağan Şekercioğlu,
Aytaç Toptaş,
Memet Uçungan

Maps and charts:
Çare Olgun Çalışkan (with the assistance of M. Hüseyin Atilla and Cihan Sarı)

Photographs:
Vedat Akçayöz,
Ertuğrul Erdem,
Selahattin Gültekin,
Erkan Karagöz,
Yilduim Oztürkkan,
Cagan Şekercioğlu,
Evren Uludaş

Illustration:
Behzat Taş

Graphic design:
Ender Ergün

Cover design:
Kemal Gökhan Gürses

Kars city council

ISBN: 978-975-01411-2-6

Imprint 2008, İstanbul (1000)

Printed in A4 Ofset
Oto sanayi sitesi Yeşilce mah.
Donanma sok. no 16 Kağıthane
3418 İstanbul
Tel (0212) 281 64 48
Fax (0212) 269 53 27

Kars city council
İstasyon mahallesi
Cumhuriyet caddesi no:123
36200 Kars

Tel (0474) 212 45 34

karskentkonseyi@ttnet.net.tr

This book is published by Kars city council with the support of
European cultural foundation and the Chrest foundation within the
Local cultural policy program of Anadolu kultur.
The content of the book does not necessarily reflect the views of the
European Cultural Foundation and the Chrest Foundation.



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