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  • proper noun An important city in eastern Turkey. Historically, part of Western Armenia.

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Examples

  • ERZURUM A minibus carrying students veered off the shoulder of a road yesterday, injuring 19 including the driver, in the Tortum district of Erzurum, the Anatolia news agency reported.

    TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News 2009

  • While Erzurum felt wild and remote, Uludag is a handy add-on for anyone visiting Istanbul in the winter, and has a few luxury hotels that attract a wealthy crowd of Istanbulis, as well as visitors, including many families, from Dubai, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and India.

    Skiing in Turkey: a long way from St Anton Gemma Bowes 2010

  • If you have irritants in the airways, they can close down almost to the size of a pinhole, says Serpil Erzurum, a pulmonologist and critical-care physician at the Cleveland Clinic who performs the procedure.

    New Surgery to Treat Asthma Melinda Beck 2010

  • The quake was felt in the provinces of Diyarbakir, Erzurum, Siirt, Mus and Agri, according to Bloomberg News.

    Turkey Earthquake 2011: 7.2 Quake Near Ercis Causes Death, Damage 2011

  • In eastern provinces Ardahan, Erzurum, Kars, Sivas and Agri, temperature dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius.

    Siberian Weather Hits Europe, Lakes and Waterfalls Freeze 2008

  • In eastern provinces Ardahan, Erzurum, Kars, Sivas and Agri, temperature dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • [4] Lucas is particularly insistent that the EU should support the Nabucco Pipeline project, which is supposed to link Austria with the eastern Turkish border town of Erzurum.

    The Russians Are Coming? Caryl, Christian 2009

  • The gas will be delivered to Erzurum in Turkey and then transported to Austria via Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary.

    Pepe Escobar: Jumpin' Jack Verdi, It's a Gas, Gas, Gas: Iran and the Pipelineistan Opera 2009

  • The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline brings a million barrels of Caspian crude oil from Azerbaijan via Georgia to the Turkish Mediterranean oil terminal of Ceyhan, and a parallel gas pipe to Erzurum provides much of eastern Turkey's energy needs.

    Heading Both Ways 2008

  • The South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP), also named the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline, will run parallel to the BTC oil pipeline for most of its route before connecting to the Turkish gas infrastructure near the town of Erzurum.

    Energy profile of the Caspian Sea region 2008

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