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Kars is the biggest cattle breeding province in Turkey, and is the center of livestock trade. [19] Efforts are being made to increase goose breeding, which is very special to Kars region. Aside its meat taking a special place in the Kars cuisine, goose liver and down feather started already to be exported to Europe. [20] [21]
The Castle of Kars (Turkish: Kars Kalesi), also known as the Citadel, sits at the top a rocky hill overlooking Kars. Its walls date back to the Bagratuni Armenian period (there is surviving masonry on the north side of the castle) but it probably took on its present form during the thirteenth century when Kars was ruled by the Zak'arid dynasty.
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The Baku–Tbilisi–Kars project was intended to provide a rail corridor linking Azerbaijan to Turkey via Georgia whilst avoiding Armenia, following the closure of the Kars–Gyumri–Tbilisi railway in 1993, as a result of the first Nagorno-Karabakh War. The project also provided an additional rail route between China and Europe (via Central ...
Ardahan Province (Turkish: Ardahan ili; Kurdish: Parêzgeha Erdêxanê; [2] Georgian: არტაანის რეგიონი) is a province in the north-east of Turkey, bordering Georgia and Armenia. Its area is 4,934 km 2, [3] and its population is 92,481 (2022). [1] The provincial capital is the city of Ardahan.
Koçköy is a village in Arpaçay District of Kars Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 818 (2022). [2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town . [3] The village is populated by Karapapakhs. [4]
The Ağrı Province (Turkish: Ağrı ili, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Agiriyê; [2] Armenian: Քարբեր մարզ) is a province in eastern Turkey, bordering Iran to the east, Kars to the north, Erzurum to the northwest, Muş and Bitlis to the southwest, Van to the south, and Iğdır to the northeast.
The province was created in 1992 from the southeastern part of Kars Province. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The current Governor of the province is Ercan Turan. [ 8 ] Being the highest mountain in Armenian Highlands , Mount Ararat (Ağrı Dağı) is at present in Turkey's Iğdır province, but much of the land is a wide plain far below the mountain.