Kars, Türkiye Güncel Saati — TRT.

Kars is a city in northeast Turkey. It is the seat of Kars Province and Kars District. As of 2022, its population was 91,450. Kars, in classical historiography (Strabo), was in the ancient region known as Chorzene, part of the province of Ayrarat in the Kingdom of Armenia, and later the capital of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia from 929 to 961. Currently, the mayor of Kars is Ötüken Senger. The city had an Armenian ethnic majority until it was recaptured by Turkish nationalist forces in late 1920.

Distance-wise, Kars is closest to Dubai (~2,051 km), London (~3,489 km), Singapore (~7,480 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 13,785 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Kars sits inside Türkiye — the Western Asia subregion, capital Ankara, languages Turkish, currency TRY (₺).

Around Kars, the nearest mapped reference cities are Kağızman (49 km), Sarıkamış (52 km), Ardahan (65 km), Gyumri (68 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for TRT planning.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Kars: Labour Day, Atatürk Commemoration & Youth Day, Democracy and National Unity Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Türkiye.

Closest curated airport references from Kars: GZT Gaziantep (633 km), ASR Kayseri (680 km), NAV Nevşehir (759 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.