Kurtkale is a castle on the Georgian border, one kilometre south of the Kurtkale subdistrict and about 36 kilometres northeast of Çıldır.
The subdistrict takes its name from the castle. There is no firm information about the castle's history or about where its name comes from.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Ardahan as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -11.2 °C in January to 16.1 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in July and August; rainfall is heaviest in June (92 mm) and lightest in January (20 mm). Long-term means for 1958-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
