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Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park

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Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park

Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park (Turkish: Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Dağları Milli Parkı), established on October 19, 2004, is a national park in northeastern Turkey. The national park stretches over the mountain range of Allahuekber Mountains and is located on the province border of Erzuru

m and Kars. It covers an area of 22,519 ha (55,650 acres) at an average elevation of 2,300 m (7,500 ft). The national park is of historical importance, where during the Battle of Sarikamish at the beginning of World War I about 60,000 Turkish soldiers died freezing under harsh winter conditions on the Allahuekber Mountains.

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