Turkey Holiday Erzincan
Erzincan
It
is said that it is "Surrounded by mountains with vineyards in the
center" and it really is... With the Kesisler to the north and the
Munzurlar to the south Erzincan has a very special beauty and a different
kind of splendour.
Erzincan, o beautiful Erzincan... Everywhere on your grounds there is sadness,
separation and pain. Earthquakes appearing time and again have given rise
to your evil fate. The most important North Anatolian Fault passes in the
city. But Erzincan has always put up its own resistance to these hurts;
each time having been able to recover itself into an even more beautiful
form.
If you watch Erzincan from Esentepe to the south, across you will see a neat image criss-crossed with lovely lines. This is because it has always been planned. People from Erzincan will always say "There's no town with lanes and streets like ours." And they are right. All pleasing lines of geometry have been used in the design of Erzincan.
Eearthquakes have toppled and eradicated the buildings carrying fair marks from the depths of history and they also have struck down the hopes of the people of Erzincan. The only things left are the Urartian remains of Altintepe to the east of Erzincan, Kemah Castle, the Mama Hatun tomb and caravan-stop, Gülabibey Mosque (Kemah), Orta Mosque (Kemaliye) and the Terzi Baba tomb.