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Bayburt
Bayburt is located on the historical Silk Bayburt, which was occupied by the
was extensively
Road between Erzurum and Trabzon Russians in 1916,
territory, which connects Eastern destroyed during these occupations.
Black Sea Bayburt, which was affiliated to
Anatolia region to the
region. The history of the city, which is Erzurum until 1927, was affiliated to
located by the Çoruh river dates back Gümüşhane on this date and gained
around 3000 B.C. Famous scholar provincial status with the law num-
Evliya Çelebi, who visited the city in bered 3578 invoked by the lawmak-
1647 explains the name of Bayburt by ers as of 21.06.1989. According to
'Bay' TÜİK 2020 data, the population of the
the combination of the words
which actually means rich and 'yurt' city center of Bayburt is found to be
(Bayburt Clock Tower) which means the town. approximately 43.590 people where
it is 81.190 people in total.
(Bayburt University Dede Korkut Complex)
8 www.bayburt.edu.tr (Historical Korgan Bridge / Akşar Village) www.bayburt.edu.tr 9