Why visit Akyaka
Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks, 2 parks and trails and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Büyükalamet Tepesi, Kerimoğlu Tepesi, Oğuzlu church and Shirakavan.
Weather in Akyaka
Forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Full forecast
About Akyaka
Akyaka (Ottoman Turkish: شوره کل, romanized: Şoregil, Şöregel; Azerbaijani: Ağyaxa or Şörəyəl; Armenian: Ղզըլ-Չախչախ, romanized: Ghzyl-Chakhchakh) is a town in Kars Province in eastern Turkey. It is the seat of Akyaka District. Its population is 2,026 (2022). It is located on Turkey's closed border with Armenia.
From the Wikipedia article Akyaka, Kars (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do2
Museums and landmarks3
Shirakavan
Monument and historic site · 9.5 km
Medieval Armenian town, now in Turkey
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Parks, trails and playgrounds2
Churches and places of worship1
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Healthcare2
Map of Akyaka
11 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Kars Harakani Airport (KSY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 46 km away.
- Demirkent 3 km southeast, about 3 min by car
- Esenyayla 5 km east, about 5 min by car
- Karahan 6 km northwest, about 6 min by car
- Hamzagerek 10 km south, about 10 min by car
- Boyuntaş 13 km north, about 13 min by car
- Koçköy 16 km northwest, about 16 min by car
- Subatan 22 km southwest, about 22 min by car
- Tomarlı 22 km northwest, about 22 min by car
- Kars 47 km west, about 47 min by car
- Ardahan 87 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Akyaka Tren Garı, Alfonzso, Public domain
- 09.11.25 Akyaka MT15005 - 54919011910, Phil Richards, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 09.11.25 Akyaka MT15005, Phil Richards, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Surp Prkich, Shirakavan, Vartan A. Hampikian, Public domain
- Tignis castle, ՀԱՅԿԱԿԱՆ ՍՍՀ ԳԻՏՈԻԹՑՈԻՆՆԵՐԻ ԱԿԱԴԵՄԻԱ, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lacerta agilis 1 (Marek Szczepanek), Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Akayaka Merkez, Alfonzso, Public domain
- Esenyayla Tarihi Kalıntı, Alfonzso, Public domain
- ISS057-E-73778 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS022-E-64970 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS013-E-75053 - View of Turkey, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS057-E-73780 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS057-E-73779 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS011-E-10830 - View of Turkey, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-101787 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS057-E-73781 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-101788 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-101789 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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