The Link of Kars Town in Canada with Kars in Ours

Have you ever Kars in CanadaIf you haven’t heard of I, you will have learned now that he shared the same historical fate with his twin in Turkey. Let’s not forget to call Kars Kars, it is one of our distinguished provinces that pioneered Anatolia’s love of being a homeland.

The Russians, whom we know with their policy of “going to warm seas”, also appear in the history of Kars in Canada. So much so that the Siege of Kars, which took place in the second half of 1855, Karl Marx’s New-York Daily Tribune on April 8, 1856 It was also the subject of an article published in the newspaper.

Why was the name of the town, whose original name was Wellington, changed to Kars?

The name of this town in Canada was changed to Kars years ago. The reason this Crimean War extends to the period. The great resistance of the people after the Russian occupation of Kars during the war was very effective in this.

General Sir Fenwick Williams, an officer of the Ottoman ally England in the war, spoke of the heroism of the people of Kars in the report he sent to the British Embassy in Istanbul.

General Muraviev Despite the fact that the Russian army under his command had four times more soldiers than the Turkish army, their inability to take Kars was material to the British press for months. This was very pleasing to the British, and the unsuccessful siege, whose reputation spread as far as Europe, aroused great admiration for them.

Kars defense begins to be represented in theaters in Europe.

In the defense of Kars, not only Turkish soldiers; There were commoners and even children. Impressed by this heroism In Europe, they begin to revive the Turkish army, which was victorious against the great Russian army. This event will spread so much that in the future, it will give birth to Canada’s Kars, which we see now.

There were two towns named Wellington in Canada, which was under the British colony, the “empire where the sun never sets”.

the capital city Wellington near Ottawa and Wellington, which was further east, was constantly being confused with. When the telegraph line moved to the region was completed, the telegrams of these two towns were constantly mixed. The solution was to change the name of one of the towns.

defeated the Russians The Turkish defense excited the people of Wellington. As soon as they stated that they would be honored to give the name of the town a Turkish name, Wellington got its new name.

Queen Victoria of England gave the title of “Baronet of Kars” to General Williams, who gave him the news of the defense of Kars.

Kars had become an important element representing the love of the country at that time. Awards were pouring in the name of Kars. Meanwhile, of course, Sultan Abdülmecid was not indifferent to these situations. As a souvenir to the soldiers and civilians defending and supporting Kars, Medals with a picture of Kars Castle pressed and distributed.

Kars and its people He is given the title of veteran. As you can see, the pioneer of today’s Gaziantep was Kars. Later, the Commander-in-Chief Mehmet Vasıf Pasha, Kerim Pasha and General Williams were presented with golden swords and mecidiye medals.

The people of Kars were exempted from tax for three years.

Sultan Abdülmecid showed his respect and love endlessly and exempted the people from military service and taxes for three years. He gave the name “Kars” to the ferry that started the Istanbul-Batumi expedition. Special issues for Kars are published.

Here is the magnificent heroic story of Kars that gave a town in Canada its name. it is like that. Even today, the people welcome the Turks who come to the region with love and show great respect for the resistance shown. Arif Nihat Asya summed it up beautifully: “There are things that cannot be given, like honor, like glory, like Ardahan like Kars!”