Tortum description and photos - Turkey: Erzurum (Topic)

Tortum description and photos - Turkey: Erzurum. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Tortum.

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Tortum is a district and city in the Erzurum province. The population of the city is about 4.5 thousand inhabitants. It is located 600 meters above sea level. A road framed by yellow sandy rocks leads to Tortum.

The city of Tortum is the most beautiful after Erzincan in Erzurum Eyalet. It is inhabited by surprisingly sincere, friendly, innocent and affable people. Each courtyard in the city has vineyards and orchards. Thanks to the mild climate, fruits and berries grow in abundance here. The pears, grapes and ruby red peaches are commendable.

The fortress in Tortum is a quadrangular structure located on a high hill. The fortress has one iron gate. Inside the citadel is a small cathedral mosque, with eighteen outbuildings, and also one barn.

In the lower suburb there are about seven hundred comfortable buildings. There are only seven mosques and seven residential areas in the city. There are also two living rooms, two baths, ten schools for boys and about seventy shops from each workshop. It can be noted that there is no imaret (a charitable institution attached to a mosque) and a bedstin (a city market).

Nowadays, precious stones are mined in Tortum, because the city is located in a mountainous area.

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