Russian Caucasus Army

Thousands of people marched on Jan. 8 in the eastern province of Kars to commemorate the tens of thousands of Ottoman soldiers killed in the Sarıkamış operation during World War I.

The starting point of the march was Kızılçubuk, where the ill-fated operation against the Russian Caucasus Army began.

Tens of thousands of people came together to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Sarıkamış operation, during which around ten thousand Turkish soldiers froze to death in the northeastern part of the country during World War I.