Showing posts with label Erzurum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Erzurum. Show all posts

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Erzurum

Erzurum:
"Erzurum (ArmenianԿարինKarin, also Կարնո քաղաքKarno K’aġak’City of KarinGreekΘεοδοσιούπολιςTheodosiopolis) is a cityin eastern AnatoliaTurkey. The name "Erzurum" derives from "Arz-e Rûm" (literally The Land of the Romans in Persian).[1] To the Arabs, the city was known as Ḳālīḳalā (adopted from the Armenian name Karno K'aghak').[2] The town was known in Roman and subsequently Byzantine times as Theodosiopolis, acquiring its present name after its conquest by the Seljuk Turks following the Battle of Manzikert in 1071.[2]" Wikipedia




June 2010

Çifte Minareli Medrese
"Çifte Minareli Medrese is an architectural monument of the late Seljuk period in the Turkish city of Erzurum. Built as a theological school a few years before 1265,[1] it takes its name, Twin Minaret Madrasa, from the two fluted minarets that crown the monumental façade." Wikipedia

Erkan and his friends:

A beggar
Yakutiye Medresesi
Erzurum kids

Clock Tower


Taşhan (Oltu)
Erzurum houses