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Landmark Attractions In Kars

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Kars is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. With a population of 73,836 as of 2011, it is the largest city near the closed border with Armenia. For a brief period of time it served as the capital of the medieval Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia. Its significance increased in the 19th century, when the Ottoman and Russian empires contested the possession of the city, with the Russians gaining control as a result of the 1877-78 war. During World War I, the Ottomans took control of the city in 1918 and declared the Provisional National Government of the Southwestern Caucasus , but were forced to relinquish it to the First Republic of A...
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  • 2. Evliya Camii Kars
    Evliya Kasim Pasha Mosque is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in Edirne, northwestern Turkey. It is named after Kasim Pasha . The mosque was built by Kasim Pasha in 1478–1479, the Beylerbey of the Rumelia Eyalet in the Ottoman Empire and a commander of the Ottoman forces during the reign of the sultans Mehmed the Conqueror and Bayezid II ; he was also titled Evliya, saint. The grave of Kasim Pasha is in the mosque's yard.
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