Western Azerbaijan Heritage

In the Kars dis­trict of the Kars oblast, now in the villa­ge of Baligli in the Amasiya district.

Baligli village has been named Zorakert since 19.04.1991

Architec­ture

The upper roof part of the mos­que is comple­tely and one si­de of the front left part are in a collapsed con­dition. Since the mosque is an Is­lamic monu­ment, it was not repaired by the Armenians and was left to col­lap­se .

The mosque of Baligli village of Ama­siya district has a different architecture from other mosques. Square-cut white, gray, blue and red stones were used in the construction of the mosque's walls. It is 8 meters long and 4 meters wide (approximately). This adds a special beauty to the inside and outside of the mosque . The house was built in an archi­­tectural style and in a modern man­ner. There are two oval windows in the up­per part on the right and left side of the back. On the front side, there is a window and a wide entrance door. Dark yellow marble stones are placed under the windows inside and outside. The vil­la­ge was built at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. It is marked on the 5-verst map of the Caucasus. 205 Azerbaijanis lived in the village in 1886, 326 in 1897, 372 in 1908, and 474 in 1914. In 1918, Azerbaijanis were expelled by Arme­nians and some of them were killed. The people of the village took refuge in Tur­key. On November 29, 1920, Soviet po­wer was established in present-day Ar­menia and stability was established. The inhabitants of the village returned to their ancestral lands. 107 Azerbaijanis lived here in 1922, 178 in 1926, and 205 in 1931.