Easter Turkey - Erzurum - visit to 13th - Seljuk and Ottoman Fort and Madrasahs -

Erzurum - East Anatolia - present day Turkey. Erzurum is a city in eastern Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Places to see - The (double minirate) Çifte Minareli Medrese in Erzurum, Turkey, soon after sunrise. This is a building from the Seljuk era, evident amongst other things from the symmetry and the double-headed eagle on the panel to the right of the entrance. Yakutiye Medrese (Turkish: Yâkutiye Medresesi) is a historical 14th-century Madrasa in Erzurum, Turkey. The madrasa was built in 1310 by order of a local governor of the Ilkhanids, Hoca Yakut, and it is named after him.