Kars Oblast

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.

Turkey's northeastern province of Ardahan enchants onlookers with its snow scenery. (İHA Photo)

A tender notice has been published by Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry to rent a hunting lodge built by the Russian Tsar Nicholas II in the eastern province of Kars for 49 years.

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Nature revives after winter in eastern Kars province's Sarıkamış district. (AA Photo)

Ski tracks surrounded by Scotch pine forests and natural beauty attract thousands of visitors to the Cıbıltepe Ski Center in the Sarıkamış district of the northeastern province of Kars. (AA Photo)

The only migratory brown bears in the world live in the Sarıkamış district of the eastern province of Kars. Before hibernation every year they travel long distances, walking to Artvin in the north in order to find food. This year, they have already returned to their nests in the Sarıkamış forest to go on a months-long sleep.

Thousands of people gathered together on Jan. 6 to march in eastern Turkey to commemorate the martyrs of the World War I Battle of Sarıkamış.

Bears in the eastern province of Kars' Sarıkamış forests have their favorite trees to scratch their itches on, motion-triggered cameras installed by the KuzeyDoğa Association have revealed. 

Sarıkamış ski resort

A fox cub that was found by a local man abandoned on the roadside in Erzurum's Oltu district has been taken under protection by the National Parks Oltu Branch and sent to the Kars Animal Hospital.