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Ardahan (; ; ) is a city
List of cities in Turkey

This is a list of cities in Turkey by population.Included are cities that are provincial capitals or have a population of at least 7,000....
 in northeastern Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 on the Georgian
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
 border.

(See Ardahan Province
Ardahan Province

Ardahan Province is a province in the far north-east of Turkey, at the very end of the country, where Turkey borders with Georgia .The provincial capital is the city of Ardahan....
 for more information about the surrounding district and the history of the area).

Life in Ardahan
Ardahan is one of the small provincial capital in Turkey and, until 1993, was a small town in the neighboring province of Kars. Since the district was made a province there has been new investment in government buildings and services but life in mountains that spend half the year under snow is still a struggle.






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Ardahan (; ; ) is a city
List of cities in Turkey

This is a list of cities in Turkey by population.Included are cities that are provincial capitals or have a population of at least 7,000....
 in northeastern Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 on the Georgian
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
 border.

(See Ardahan Province
Ardahan Province

Ardahan Province is a province in the far north-east of Turkey, at the very end of the country, where Turkey borders with Georgia .The provincial capital is the city of Ardahan....
 for more information about the surrounding district and the history of the area).

Life in Ardahan


Ardahan is one of the small provincial capital in Turkey and, until 1993, was a small town in the neighboring province of Kars. Since the district was made a province there has been new investment in government buildings and services but life in mountains that spend half the year under snow is still a struggle. There are hotels mainly used by truck drivers and other travellers crossing into Georgia.

Kars Kafkas University has an institute in Ardahan and there is a military presence. The civil servants, academics and military officers stationed here all help to support the local economy. These people have their own clubs and guest houses, while in the town itself there are few social and cultural amenities Ani Ruins apart from two or three cake shops and a kebab restaurant. Shopping is also limited.

This area is renowned for its hard yellow cheese kasar and its geese.

Significant Days

Local Days of Celebration
  • Freedom Day - 23 February
  • Commemoration day for Çanakkale
    Çanakkale

    ?anakkale is a town and seaport in Turkey, in ?anakkale Province, on the southern coast of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point.?anakkale Province, like Istanbul Province, has territory in both Europe and Asia....
     Victory - 18 March
  • Commemoration day for Air Force Martyrs - 21 March
  • Seljuq Conquest of Ardahan - 24 June
  • Ram Introduction - 10 October


Festivals
  • Festival of Animals and Animal Products - 20 August
  • Goose Festival - 18 November


Well-known residents

  • Nuray Hafiftas
    Nuray Hafiftas

    Nuray Hafiftas is a Turkish folk singer, who was born in 1964, in the Ardahan region of Turkey.Soon after her birth, her family moved to Istanbul where Hafiftas received her primary and secondary education at Taksim school....