Most people think of Kars , 1500 km (932 miles) east of Istanbul and 215 km (134 miles) northeast of Erzurum (map) as a remote frontier post, the bitter end of Eastern Turkey, but I like it. It’s got interesting things to see, do and eat. Most people—at least foreigners—also mispronounce its name. It’s KARSS (rhymes with ‘farce’ and ‘sparse’), not ‘karze.’ Now that … Continue reading Kars, Northeastern Turkey