Aşkale

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Template:Infobox Turkey place 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).

The majority of the district is populated by Turks and a small minority by Kurds. There is also a presence of Meskhetian Turks and Karapapakhs.[4]

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 (Script error: No such module "IPA"., "wealth tax" or "capital tax") was imposed on the minority non-Muslim citizens of Turkey (mainly Jews, Greeks, Armenians, and Levantines.[5] Those unable to pay had to work off their debt in labor camps in Aşkale. Five thousand were sent to the Aşkale labor camp.[6] The law was repealed on 15 March 1944,[7] and minority citizens who were at the labour camps were sent back to their homes.[8]

Composition

There are 75 neighbourhoods in Aşkale District:[9]

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  1. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Aşkale (district) settlements - Nişanyan Yeradları". Nişanyan Yeradları.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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."
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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."
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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"
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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."
  9. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

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