Aşkale
Aşkale is a town and district of the Erzurum province of Turkey. The mayor is Enver Başaran (AKP). The population is 12,509 (as of 2010).
Aşkale | |
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  Aşkale | |
| Coordinates: 39°55′16″N 40°41′41″E | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Province | Erzurum |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Enver Başaran (AKP) |
| • Kaymakam | Mustafa Özsoy |
| Area | |
| • District | 1,529.79 km2 (590.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Urban | 12,597 |
| • District | 24,628 |
| • District density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Post code | 25500 |
| Climate | Dsb |
Kandilli Ski Resort, which hosts cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions at some international winter sports events, is situated in Aşkale.
Labour camps for non-Muslims
In 1942, the Varlık Vergisi (Turkish: [vɑɾˈɫɯk ˈvæɾɟisi], "wealth tax" or "capital tax") was imposed on the minority non-Muslim citizens of Turkey (mainly Jews, Greeks, Armenians, and Levantines.[3] Those unable to pay had to work off their debt in labor camps in Aşkale. Five thousand were sent to the Aşkale labor camp.[4] The law was repealed on 15 March 1944,[5] and minority citizens who were at the labour camps were sent back to their homes.[6]
Neighbourhoods
- Abdalcık
- Akören
- Altıntaş
- Bağırsak
- Ballıtaş
- Bozburun
- Büyükgeçit
- Çatalbayır
- Çatören
- Çayköy
- Çiftlik
- Dağyurdu
- Dallı
- Demirkıran
- Dereköy
- Düzyurt
- Eyüpoğlu
- Gökçebük
- Gölören
- Güllüdere
- Gümüşseren
- Güneyçam
- Gürkaynak
- Hacıbekir
- Hacıhamza
- Hacımahmut
- Hatuncuk
- Haydarhacı
- Kapıkale
- Karahasan
- Karasu
- Kavurmaçukuru
- Koçbaba
- Koşapınar
- Kurtmahmut
- Küçükgeçit
- Küçükova
- Kükürtlü
- Merdivenköy
- Mezrea
- Musadanışman
- Ocaklı
- Ovacık
- Özler
- Pırnakapan
- Saptıran
- Sarıbaba
- Sazlı
- Taşağıl
- Taşlıçayır
- Tecer
- Tepsicik
- Tokça
- Topalçavuş
- Tosunlu
- Tozluca
- Turaç
- Yaylaköy
- Yaylayolu
- Yaylımlı
- Yumruveren
References
- "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- Nowill, Sidney E. P. (December 2011). Constantinople and Istanbul: 72 Years of Life in Turkey. Matador. p. 77. ISBN 978-1848767911.: "Those mainly afflicted were the Greeks, Jews, Armenians, and, to some extent, foreign-passport Levantine families."
- Ince, Basak (April 2012). Citizenship and Identity in Turkey: From Atatürk's Republic to the Present Day. I. B. Tauris. p. 75. ISBN 978-1780760261."Out of 40,000 tax debtors, about 5,000 were sent to these camps, and all of these were members of non-Muslim communities."
- Ince, Basak (April 2012). Citizenship and Identity in Turkey: From Atatürk's Republic to the Present Day. I. B. Tauris. p. 76. ISBN 978-1780760261."The Wealth Tax was withdrawn in March 1944, under the pressure of criticism from Britain and the United States"
- Ince, Basak (April 2012). Citizenship and Identity in Turkey: From Atatürk's Republic to the Present Day. I. B. Tauris. p. 76. ISBN 978-1780760261."Minority citizens still in the camps were sent back to their homes."
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