Places to visit in Ardahan
4 places from Ardahan province are on the map: Lake Çıldır, Ardahan Castle, Yalnızçam Mountains, and Posof. Each has a model-like miniature, a short story and a Numa Made ring on Isometric Turkey.
Lake Çıldır
Galloping horses across a lake? It may sound like a fairy tale at first, but on Lake Çıldır, once winter comes, it is just an ordinary day. The lake is sealed under thick ice; horses pull…
See on the map →Ardahan Castle
The three sanjaks… In the last years of the Ottoman Empire, these words referred to Kars, Ardahan and Batum: Elviye-i Selâse. Ceded to Russian rule in 1878, these three cities lived apart…
See on the map →Yalnızçam Mountains
Yalnızçam, “the lonely pine”… Who gave a mountain this name, and is that lonely pine still there, or did it leave its name behind and go long ago? We don’t know. But the faint sadness in…
See on the map →Posof
Does a valley know which country it belongs to? Looking at the forested slopes of Posof, you can’t help wondering. Beyond the border gate at Türkgözü, Georgia begins; but the trees, the…
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