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Northeastern Anatolia. Kars. A traditional tea house near Kars river, on the back the castle. This fortress has been a strategic spot since earliest times but historically has ben built by Saltut Turks in 1153 and torn down by Mongol conqueror Tamerlane in 1386. The castle was the scene of bloody fightings after WWI, when Russian army whithdrew, between Armenian and Turkish forces in 1920.

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Turkey's fault line, The Wild North East
Northeastern Anatolia. Kars. A traditional tea house near Kars river, on the back the castle. This fortress has been a strategic spot since earliest times but historically has ben built by Saltut Turks in 1153 and torn down by Mongol conqueror Tamerlane in 1386. The castle was the scene of bloody fightings after WWI, when Russian army whithdrew, between Armenian and Turkish forces in 1920.