Aşkale is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 1,507 km2, and its population is 21,494 (2022). The mayor is Şenor Polat (AKP).
The majority of the district is populated by Turks and a small minority by Kurds. There is also a presence of Meskhetian Turks and Karapapakhs.
Kandilli Ski Resort, which hosts cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions at some international winter sports events, is situated in Aşkale.
Labour camps for non-Muslims
In 1942, the Varlık Vergisi (, "wealth tax" or "capital tax") was imposed on the minority non-Muslim citizens of Turkey (mainly Jews, Greeks, Armenians, and Levantines.: "Those mainly afflicted were the Greeks, Jews, Armenians, and, to some extent, foreign-passport Levantine families." Those unable to pay had to work off their debt in labor camps in Aşkale. Five thousand were sent to the Aşkale labor camp."Out of 40,000 tax debtors, about 5,000 were sent to these camps, and all of these were members of non-Muslim communities." The law was repealed on 15 March 1944,"The Wealth Tax was withdrawn in March 1944, under the pressure of criticism from Britain and the United States" and minority citizens who were at the labour camps were sent back to their homes."Minority citizens still in the camps were sent back to their homes."
Composition There are 75 neighbourhoods in Aşkale District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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