Kartalkaya is a ski resort located in the Köroğlu Mountains, in Seben,[1] Bolu Province, Türkiye.
| Kartalkaya | |
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 A river in Kartalkaya. | |
  Kartalkaya Location within Turkey | |
| Location | Seben, Bolu Province, Türkiye |
| Nearest major city | Bolu |
| Coordinates | 40°40′10″N 31°47′10″E / 40.66944°N 31.78611°E |
| Vertical | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,255 m (7,398 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,850 m (6,069 ft) |
| Trails | 14 |
| Lift system | 3 chairlifts 7 surface lifts |
| Terrain parks | 1 |
| Website | Kartalkaya |
History
editKartalkaya has suitable conditions for alpine skiing, ski touring and cross country skiing. The duration of the skiing season is 120 days a year, between December 20 and March 20.
The nearest city is Bolu, 54 km (33 mi) away. Kartalkaya is located 2.5 hours away from the Esenboğa International Airport, in Ankara, and 3.5 hours away from the Istanbul Airport or Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, in Istanbul, by bus.
On 21 January 2025, a fire broke out at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalkaya. At least 76 people were killed, while 51 others were injured.[2][3][4]
Culture
editTourism
editKartalkaya has 5 main hotels, two of which have their own snow resort.
- Kartal Hotel.
- Grand Kartal Hotel (destroyed by a fire in January 2025).
- DorukKaya Ski & Mountain Resort.
- Kaya Palazzo Ski & Mountain Resort.
- Golden Key Kartalkaya.
Landscapes
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Kartalkaya Flug. -
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Kartalkaya flower field. -
Grand Kartal Hotel 2007.
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Kartalkaya wind power. -
Kartalkaya into winter. -
Kartalkaya ski road.
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kartalkaya.
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Kartalkaya hangi ilçenin sınırları içinde?". Köroğlu Gazetesi (in Turkish). 1 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Kartalkaya'da otel yangını: 76 kişi hayatını kaybetti, dokuz kişi gözaltında" [Hotel fire in Kartalkaya: 76 people lost their lives, four people are detained]. BBC News (in Turkish). 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ Mert, Ozkan; Huseyin, Hayatsever (21 January 2025). "Turkish ski resort fire kills 76, forces guests to jump from windows". Reuters. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Fire tears through Turkey ski resort hotel, killing at least 76 people and injuring dozens more". CBS News. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
Further reading
editBibliography
edit- Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 2, p. 130; vol. 4, p. 153; vol. 5, p. 161; vol. 6, p. 169
- Raymond Janin, lemma '1. Claudiopolis', in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, Paris 1953, coll. 1077–1079
- Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 567-572
- Heinrich Gelzer, Ungedruckte und ungenügend veröffentlichte Texte der Notitiae episcopatuum, in: 'Abhandlungen der philosophisch-historische classe der bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1901, pp. 529–641
- Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 442
External links
edit- (in Turkish and English) Slope & Lift Informations of Kartalkaya
- (in Turkish and English) CAFE SOCIETY Kartalkaya Archived 2020-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Turkish) Region info website
- (in Turkish and English) Grand Kartal Hotel Website
- (in English) Kartalkaya Weather Forecast, Snow Report and Resort Information, Snow-forecast.com