Aşkale

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District and municipality in Erzurum, Turkey

39°55′16″N 40°41′41″E / 39.92111°N 40.69472°E / 39.92111; 40.69472CountryTurkeyProvinceErzurumGovernment

• MayorAhmet Yaptırmış (AKP)Area

1,507 km² (582 sq mi)Population

(2022)^[1]

21,494 • Density14/km² (37/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)Postal code

25500

Area code0442Climate DfbWebsitewww.askale.bel.tr

Aşkale is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 1,507 km²,^[3] and its population is 21,494 (2022).^[1] The mayor is Ahmet Yaptırmış (AKP).

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.^[4] Those unable to pay had to work off their debt in labor camps in Aşkale. Five thousand were sent to the Aşkale labor camp.^[5] The law was repealed on 15 March 1944,^[6] and minority citizens who were at the labour camps were sent back to their homes.^[7]

Composition

There are 75 neighbourhoods in Aşkale District:^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ 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 ISBN 978-1780760261."The Wealth Tax was withdrawn in March 1944, under the pressure of criticism from Britain and the United States"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."
^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

Aşkale in Erzurum Province of Turkey

Districts

List of provinces by region
Istanbul	Istanbul
West Marmara	Balıkesir Çanakkale Edirne Kırklareli Tekirdağ
Aegean	Afyonkarahisar Aydın Denizli İzmir Kütahya Manisa Muğla Uşak
East Marmara	Bilecik Bolu Bursa Düzce Eskişehir Kocaeli Sakarya Yalova
West Anatolia	Ankara Karaman Konya
Mediterranean	Adana Antalya Burdur Hatay Isparta Kahramanmaraş Mersin Osmaniye
Central Anatolia	Aksaray Kayseri Kırıkkale Kırşehir Nevşehir Niğde Sivas Yozgat
West Black Sea	Amasya Bartın Çankırı Çorum Karabük Kastamonu Samsun Sinop Tokat Zonguldak
East Black Sea	Artvin Giresun Gümüşhane Ordu Rize Trabzon
Northeast Anatolia	Ağrı Ardahan Bayburt Erzincan Erzurum Iğdır Kars
Central East Anatolia	Bingöl Bitlis Elazığ Hakkâri Malatya Muş Tunceli Van
Southeast Anatolia	Adıyaman Batman Diyarbakır Gaziantep Kilis Mardin Siirt Şanlıurfa Şırnak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

v t e Neighbourhoods of Aşkale District
3 Mart Abdalcık Akören Altıntaş Bahçelievler Ballıtaş Bozburun Büyükgeçit Cahitbayar Çarşı Çatalbayır Çatören Çayköy Çiftlik Dağyurdu Dallı Demirkıran Dereköy Düzyurt Emek Esentepe Eyüpoğlu Gökçebük Gölören Güllüdere Gümüşseren Güneyçam Gürkaynak Hacıbekir Hacıhamza Hacımahmut Halitpaşa Hatuncuk Haydarhacı İstasyon Kandilli Kapıkale Karahasan Karasu Kavurmaçukuru Kıbrıs Koçbaba Koşapınar Küçükgeçit Küçükova Kükürtlü Kurtmahmut Merdivenköy Meydan Mezrea Musadanışman Nahiye Gölören Ocaklı Ovacık Özler Pırnakapan Şafak Saptıran Sarıbaba Sazlı Taşağıl Taşlıçayır Tecer Tepsicik Tokça Topalçavuş Tosunlu Tozluca Turaç Yaylaköy Yaylayolu Yaylımlı Yeni Yeşilova Yumruveren

Neighbourhoods of Aşkale District