Famous Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents's house in Kars and its current inhabitants

Streets of Kars

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A truck where Kars treaty was signed in 1921, according which Armenian region Kars with Sarighamish, Artvin, Olti and Surmalu with mount Ararat were given to Turkey, and Nakhichevan region to Azerbaijan. As a reciprocal gift Turkey gave Adjaria to Georgi

Western Armenia: Lost Motherland, Kars

Women waiting for a bus in Kars suburbs

Kars valley

Streets of Kars

Monument to Ataturk, founder of modern Turkish Republic and a Mosque at sunrise

Typical Turkish street with small shops and bunch of ads

Western Armenia: Lost Motherland, Kars

Kars reflection with minaret in the center

Kars current inhabitants

Poverty is spread around Western Armenia region. The region was mainly populated by Kurds and rarely by Turks in the period after WWI, when native Armenian population was exterminated

Kars Arakelots church as seen from Kars fortress

Unclear writings on the newly built wall around the church

This boy was earning money arranging prayers' shoes left at mosque entrance

Arakelots church from outside. Ornaments on the dome are preserved, while the cross on the top is removed

Kars St. Arakelots Armenian church. After Turkish invasion in 1920, the church was converted to mosque. Entering inside you need to take off your shoes. Armenian prayers and ceremonies are prohibited

Turkish flag rising over Kars fortress, founded by Armenian royal family of Bagratuni

Russian Orthodox church converted to Muslim mosque

Streets of Kars

Women working in the field