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Allahuekber mountains / Karmir Porak

Turkey / Erzurum / Senkaya /
 invisible, mountain range

ALLAHUEKBER MOUNTAINS / KARMIR PORAK

Today Allahuekber mountains (turkish: Allahüekber daglari) are part of the Pontic mountains and lay in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Northwest of the mountain range is rich in a variety of woods and since the 2004 at part of Allahuekber mountains and some surrounding areas the National Park was created.

HISTORY

Karmir Porak (armenian: Կարմիր Փորակ /Reddish mountains) ist the historical name of this range of mountains at the north of Armenian Highlands. It was in use until the 1920 when Turkey occupied the Kars region of Democratic Republic of Armenia as they did in West Armenia in 1915-23 period. At 1914 Enver pasha (one of the organizers of Armenian genocide) made first attempt to capture Kars region (which was then part of Russia). Armenians that remembered Hamidian massacre (1894-96) and Adana massacre (1909), provide comprehensive assistance to Russians and Turkish army was defeated, by loosing 90,000 killed, Enver pasha barely managed to fled. This event knows as Sarikamish battle was happened at Karmir Porak mountains, and served to Turks to accuse the Armenians of treason. But turning upside down the causes and consequences of the Armenian Genocide, it took place supposedly because first Armenians helped to Russia. The Kars treaty (1920) hand Karmir Porak mountains and whole Kars region to Turkey.
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Coordinates:   40°30'29"N   42°30'37"E