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Touring Aktas in Turkey

Aktas in the region of Kars is a city located in Turkey - some 539 mi or ( 868 km ) East of Ankara , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Aktas

Time in Aktas is now 06:23 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Tabriz, Ağrı, Iğdır, Doğubeyazıt, and Grozny. Being here already, consider visiting Tabriz . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Aktas ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Armenian Cathedral of Kars

3:05 min by Vahe Hambardzumyan
Views: 7369 Rating: 4.65

sketchup.google.com 3D model by Vahe Armenia. Music: Garun a by Komitas-Aslamazian. Komitas string quartet performs: 1st violin - Edward Tadevosyan, 2nd violin - Souren Hakhnazaryan, viola - Alexander ..

PASSPORT CONTROL 4 -- THE CITY OF SNOW 5 - FLARE BEAS BAND

9:57 min by Nándor Varju
Views: 5553 Rating: 3.86

Interview with Emese Ambrus (director) + documentary film fragment from a Kurdish village and clip called „City of Goose" PASSPORT CONTROL 4 International Film and Photo Workshop 8-16 November, 2007 K ..


PASSPORT CONTROL 4 -- THE CITY OF SNOW 1. SYGNAL+BEGINING

6:27 min by Nándor Varju
Views: 1785 Rating: 5.00

PASSPORT CONTROL 4 International Film and Photo Workshop 8-16 November, 2007 Kars (East Turkey) (MEDIAWAVE & Ankara Cinema Association Co-production) ..

PASSPORT CONTROL 4 -- THE CITY OF SNOW 2 - SIDAR

3:47 min by Nándor Varju
Views: 895 Rating: 0.00

Interview with Tamas Kiraly (director) and Andras Kiss 'Gravi'(cameraman) + werkfilm fragments about the shooting PASSPORT CONTROL 4 International Film and Photo Workshop 8-16 November, 2007 Kars (Eas ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Kars Province

Kars Province is a province of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its border with the Republic of Armenia. The provinces of Ardahan and Iğdır were until the 1990s part of Kars Province.

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Located at 40.45 43.06 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: States and territories established in 1920

Kümbetli

Kümbetli is a village in the central district of Kars Province, Turkey at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:40|33|N|43|00|E||| | |name= }}. It is situated a little north of the Turkish state highway D.963, 10 kilometres west of Kars. The population of Kümbetli was 1578 as of 2011.

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Located at 40.55 43.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Eastern Anatolia Region, Kars Central District, Populated places in Kars Province, Towns in Turkey

Kars Airport

Kars Airport is a public airport in Kars, Turkey. The airport, opened in 1988, is located 6 km from Kars. In 2006, Kars Airport served 2,352 aircraft and 270,052 passengers. The passenger terminal open to the public covers an area of 1,695 m and has a parking lot for 100 cars. The airport was closed in the spring and summer months of 2007 for renovation works. The re-opening took place on October 22, 2007.

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Located at 40.56 43.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: 1988 establishments in Turkey, Airports in Turkey, Buildings and structures in Kars Province

Kafkas University

Kafkas University is a public higher educational institution established on July 11, 1992 in Kars, Eastern Anatolia in Turkey. It has six faculties, three institutes, three colleges, four vocational colleges and several research and application centers The university campus is situated 3.5 km southwest of Kars. Kafkas is Turkish for Caucasus.

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Located at 40.58 43.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Education in Kars, Educational institutions established in 1992, State universities and colleges in Turkey, Universities and colleges in Turkey

Mezra Railway Station

The Mezra Railway Station is a freight station near the village of Mezra in the Kars Province of Turkey. The railway to Baku will split from the line here.

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Located at 40.40 43.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Railway stations in Kars Province, Railway stations opened in 1899

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