Why visit Tortum
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 26 parks and trails, 3 places to eat and 11 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Boz Tepe and Devre Dağı.
Weather in Tortum
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About Tortum
Tortum (Ottoman Turkish: تورتوم; Armenian: Թորթում, romanized: Tortum; Georgian: თორთომი, romanized: tortomi) is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,463 km2, and its population is 15,259 (2022). The current mayor is Muammer Yiğider from the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
From the Wikipedia article Tortum (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do11
Museums and landmarks2
Parks, trails and playgrounds26
14 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes3
History
Tortum was part of the area known as Diaueni, Tayk or Tao and was ruled by Hayasa-Azzians, Diauehi, Urartians, Iberians, Armenians, Romans, Persians and Byzantines. Tortum was a part of some proto-Armenian states (Hayasa-Azzi; Urartu), proto-Georgian Kingdom of Iberia (4th - 2nd centuries BC) and Kingdom of Greater Armenia (2nd century BC - 5th century). Between the 9th and 16th century it was part of the Kingdom of the Iberians, Kingdom of Georgia and Georgian principality of Samtskhe-Saatabago. It was first an Ottoman vassal in the early 16th century and was annexed in 1550. The area of Tortum was contested by the Safavids and the Ottoman Empire in the 16th-17th century but remained Ottoman after 1625.
The Muslim Armenians continued to speak Armenian well into early the 19th century when they were Turkified.
From the History section of Tortum on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship5
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries5
Healthcare4
Map of Tortum
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Getting there and nearby towns
Erzurum Airport (ERZ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 49 km away.
- Uzundere 27 km north, about 27 min by car
- Narman 28 km east, about 28 min by car
- Demirdöven 33 km southeast, about 33 min by car
- Çöğender 32 km south, about 32 min by car
- Pasinler 36 km south, about 36 min by car
- Koçkaya 38 km east, about 38 min by car
- Oltu 47 km northeast, about 47 min by car
- Erzurum 48 km southwest, about 48 min by car
- İspir 51 km northwest, about 51 min by car
- Sarıkamış 89 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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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
- Tortum-center, Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ISS008-E-20064 - View of Turkey, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-218160 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-214856 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- STS114-E-7557 - View of astronomical objects, NASA, Public domain
- Oltu, MaxBenidze, CC BY-SA 4.0
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