Aşkale is a municipality and

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Erzurum Province Erzurum Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Its area is 25,006 km2, and its population is 749,754 (2022). The capital of the province is the city of Erzurum. It is the fourth lar ...

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. Its area is 1,507 km², and its population is 21,494 (2022). The mayor is Şenor Polat (AKP). The majority of the district is populated by Turks and a small minority by

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. There is also a presence of

Meskhetian Turks Meskhetian Turks, also referred to as Turkish Meskhetians, Ahiska Turks, and Turkish Ahiskans, (; ka, მესხეთის თურქები ''Meskhetis turk'ebi'') are a subgroup of ethnic Turkish people formerly inhabiting the Mes ...

and

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. Kandilli Ski Resort, which hosts

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and

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competitions at some international winter sports events, is situated in Aşkale.

Labour camps for non-Muslims

In 1942, the

Varlık Vergisi The Varlık Vergisi (, "wealth tax" or "capital tax") was a tax mostly levied on non-Muslim citizens under the Republican People's Party (CHP) government in Turkey in 1942, with the stated aim of raising funds for the country's defense in case of ...

(, "wealth tax" or "capital tax") was imposed on the minority non-Muslim citizens of Turkey (mainly

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, and Levantines. Those unable to pay had to work off their debt in

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s in Aşkale. Five thousand were sent to the Aşkale labor camp. The law was repealed on 15 March 1944, and minority citizens who were at the labour camps were sent back to their homes.

Composition

There are 75

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in Aşkale District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * 3 Mart * Abdalcık * Akören *

Altıntaş Altıntaş is a town in Kütahya Province in the Aegean Region, Turkey, Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Altıntaş District.

* Bahçelievler * Ballıtaş * Bozburun * Büyükgeçit * Cahitbayar * Çarşı * Çatalbayır * Çatören * Çayköy * Çiftlik * Dağyurdu * Dallı * Demirkıran * Dereköy * Düzyurt * Emek * Esentepe * Eyüpoğlu * Gökçebük * Gölören * Güllüdere * Gümüşseren * Güneyçam * Gürkaynak * Hacıbekir * Hacıhamza * Hacımahmut * Halitpaşa * Hatuncuk * Haydarhacı * İstasyon * Kandilli * Kapıkale * Karahasan * Karasu * Kavurmaçukuru * Kıbrıs * Koçbaba * Koşapınar * Küçükgeçit * Küçükova * Kükürtlü * Kurtmahmut * Merdivenköy * Meydan * Mezrea * Musadanışman * Nahiye Gölören * Ocaklı * Ovacık * Özler * Pırnakapan * Şafak * Saptıran * Sarıbaba * Sazlı * Taşağıl * Taşlıçayır * Tecer * Tepsicik * Tokça * Topalçavuş * Tosunlu * Tozluca * Turaç * Yaylaköy * Yaylayolu * Yaylımlı * Yeniköy Halitpaşa * Yeşilova * Yumruveren

References

Populated places in Erzurum Province Districts of Erzurum Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{Erzurum-geo-stub