It is located on the border of Erzurum, Kars and Ardahan provinces.

Turkish troops suffered a disaster during the Battle of Sarikamish, when they were ordered to recapture the Kars area, which was then part of the Russian Empire.

Thousands of Turkish soldiers died of hypothermia in the winter snow of the Allahuekber Mountains.

[2] In January 2022 a statue in memory of Ottoman soldiers that froze to death in WWI was unveiled in Sarıkamış district.

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