Akyaka
Akyaka is a district of Kars.
Akyaka
Akyaka is a district of Kars.
Akyaka (Ottoman Turkish: شوره کل, romanized: Şoregil, Şöregel; Azerbaijani: Ağyaxa or Şörəyəl; Armenian: Ղզըլ-Չախչախ, romanized: Ghzyl-Chakhchakh) is a town in Kars Province in eastern Turkey. It is the seat of Akyaka District. Its population is 2,026 (2022). It is located on Turkey's closed border with Armenia. The town is populated by Azerbaijanis and Karapapakhs.
Sources: Wikipedia · Akyaka, Kars · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Kars
Kars is a high plateau city of stone buildings, cheese and winter snow. The ruined medieval city of Ani sits on the border, while the Eastern Express and the surrounding villages give the province a remote, cinematic atmosphere.
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