Aşkale Explained

Type:metro district
Aşkale
Coordinates:39.9211°N 40.6947°W
Province:Erzurum
Leader Party:AKP
Leader Name:Şenor Polat
Area Total Km2:1507
Population Total:21494
Population As Of:2022
Postal Code:25500
Area Code:0442
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Dfb

Aşkale is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey.[1] Its area is 1,507 km2,[2] and its population is 21,494 (2022).[3] The mayor is Şenor Polat (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 (pronounced as /tr/, "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 Five thousand were sent to the Aşkale labor camp.[5] The law was repealed on 15 March 1944,[6] and minority citizens who were at the labour camps were sent back to their homes.[7]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]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
  2. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 12 July 2023.
  3. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 12 July 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
  4. Book: Nowill, Sidney E. P. . Constantinople and Istanbul: 72 Years of Life in Turkey . Matador. December 2011 . 77. 978-1848767911.

    "Those mainly afflicted were the Greeks, Jews, Armenians, and, to some extent, foreign-passport Levantine families."

  5. Book: Ince, Basak . Citizenship and Identity in Turkey: From Atatürk's Republic to the Present Day . I. B. Tauris. April 2012 . 75. 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."
  6. Book: Ince, Basak . Citizenship and Identity in Turkey: From Atatürk's Republic to the Present Day . I. B. Tauris. April 2012 . 76. 978-1780760261. "The Wealth Tax was withdrawn in March 1944, under the pressure of criticism from Britain and the United States"
  7. Book: Ince, Basak . Citizenship and Identity in Turkey: From Atatürk's Republic to the Present Day . I. B. Tauris. April 2012 . 76. 978-1780760261. "Minority citizens still in the camps were sent back to their homes."
  8. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle

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