Erzurum

Erzurum
Metropolitan municipality
Clockwise from top: Erzurum Citadel, Çifte Minareli Medrese, Yakutiye Medresesi, Erzurum Congress Museum, The Three Kümbets (Üç Kümbetler), K-95 and K-125 ski jumping towers at the Mt. Palandöken ski resort, Atatürk Monument
Erzurum is located in Turkey
Erzurum
Erzurum
Location of Erzurum
Coordinates: 39°54′31″N 41°16′37″E / 39.90861°N 41.27694°E / 39.90861; 41.27694
CountryTurkey
ProvinceErzurum Province
Government
 • MayorMehmet Sekmen (AKP)
Elevation
1,890 m (6,200 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Urban
767,848
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.erzurum.bel.tr

Erzurum (Armenian: Կարին, romanized: Karin;[1] Kurdish: Erzirom[2]) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. It is the site of ancient Theodosiopolis.

The city uses the double-headed eagle as its coat-of-arms, a motif that has been a common symbol throughout Anatolia since the Bronze Age.[3]

Erzurum has winter sports facilities, hosted the 2011 Winter Universiade,[4] and the 2023 Winter Deaflympics (in March 2024).[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference EIS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ Chariton, Jesse David (2011). "The Mesopotamian Origins of the Hittite Double-Headed Eagle". UW-L Journal of Undergraduate Research. XIV – via ResearchGate.
  4. ^ "25th Winter Universiade - Erzurum 2011 - Main Results". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  5. ^ "Erzurum 2024". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2024-08-26.