A view of Trabzon city from the KTU campus.
Erzurum is built on a 1,950m (6,400 ft) high plateau, surrounded by the Eastern Anatolian Mountains. It is the junction of the old Central Asian trade routes, and was the base for the Turkish War of Independence – the Erzurum Congress of 1919 effectively ended Ottoman rule in Turkey. The house in which the revolutionaries stayed is now the Ataturk Museum in a side street off Çaykara Caddesi. Even though Erzurum has suffered · some horrendous earthquakes in its time, a considerable number of remarkable old buildings still survive to attest to its past.
A VISIT TO TURKEY‘S FABULOUS CITIES
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by Hafeez R. M.
"I'm from Pakistan. I’ve got a lot to declare", said I entering Turkish Customs. "Musheriff eldum", replied the officer. (He meant he was honoured.) "Gule, Gule." (go laughingly), he continued and I was out in a wink with my backpack remaining un-zipped.
