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Sarıkamış
Sarıkamış or Sarikamish (, ) is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sarıkamış District. Its population is 15,260 (2022).
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Sarıkamış
- Turkey place.province
- Kars
- Turkey place.district
- Sarıkamış
- Turkey place.leader_party
- MHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Harun Hayali
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 2100
- Turkey place.population_total
- 15260
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 36500
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0474
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Article
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- History
- Battle of Sarikamish
- Climate
- See also
- References
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Sarıkamış or Sarikamish (, ) is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sarıkamış District. Its population is 15,260 (2022).
The town is perhaps best known for being the site of the Battle of Sarikamish, one of the major battles of the Caucasus front of World War I.thumb|425px|Upper Sarikamish in March 1916