Allahuekber Mountains

For the national park, see Sarıkamış-Allahuekber Mountains National Park.

Allahuekber Mountains (Turkish: Allahuekber Dağları, which means "Allahu akbar Mountains"), is a mountain range in northeastern Turkey. The Kızılırmak River winds through it. It is part of the Pontic Mountains.

In 1914 when World War I began, it was astride the border of the Ottoman Empire with Russian Empire. Turkish troops suffered a disaster during the Battle of Sarikamish when, ordered to recapture the Kars area, which was then part of Russian Empire. Thousands of Turkish soldiers died of hypothermia in the winter snow of the Allahuekber Mountains.^[1]

References

↑ Eugene Rogan (10 March 2015). The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East. Basic Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-465-05669-9.

Coordinates: 40°36′N 42°31′E / 40.600°N 42.517°E / 40.600; 42.517

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