Where is Erzurum? 

Erzurum is the city with the hightest altitude in Turkey with the plateau on which it is located, the mountain range that surrounds it and its hill stations. The provinces of Artvin and Rize are on the North of Erzurum, Bayburt, and Erzincan ar to the west, Bingöl and Muş on to the south and Ağrı and Kars are on the east of Erzurum which is located within the Eastern Anatolia Region. The city spreads over a large area at the foot of the Ereğli Mountain which is part of the Palandoken Mountain range taht is on te southeast of the plain that is located in the higher basin of Karasu which gives its name to the plain and which is the begining of the river Fırat.

The city has been an important place of residence and trade ever since the Middle Ages connecting the Irainian-Indian the Middle Asian trade to the Mediterranean countries. The Caucasian road coming through Tiflis-Kars and the Northern Iran road going through Tabriz-Doğubeyazıt;and the roads that lead to Diyarbakir-Irak-Syria-Persian Gulf and to the Mediterranean coast through Sivas and the roads that go to Ankara-Istanbul and Ankara-İzmir through Sivas all intersect here. The transit roads that go through Erzurum go over the mountain passes of Kop and Zigana and reaching Trabzon and Black Sea. The city is connected to Rize through İspir and to Diyarbakir through Bingöl.