Mount Kop Defense National Historic Park | |
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Location | Mount Kop |
Nearest city | Bayburt - Altıntaş, Aşkale, Erzurum |
Coordinates | 40°01′37″N 40°31′10″E / 40.02694°N 40.51944°E |
Area | 6.335 ha (15.65 acres) |
Established | 31 October 2016 |
Operator | General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) |
Mount Kop Defense National Historic Park (Turkish: Kop Dağı Müdafaası Tarihî Millî Parkı) is a protected national historic site located between the provinces Bayburt and Erzurum in eastern Turkey dedicated to the events during the defense of Mount Kop against the Imperial Russian Army in the World War I. It was established in 2016.[1][2]