Eleşkirt (Kurdish: Zêdikan)[2] is a town of Ağrı Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Eleşkirt District.[3] Its population is 10,191 (2021).[1] Its name is a transference from Alashkert (Armenian: Ալաշկերտ, romanized: Alaškert), the valley's former administrative centre but now a village known as Toprakkale. It was known as Vagharshakert in medieval sources.[4] At the time of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 approximately half of the population consisted of Armenians and the rest of Kurds and Turks.[5]
Eleşkirt
Alashkert • Ալաշկերտ | |
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,_Agir%C3%AE.jpg) General view of Eleşkirt. Mount Kösedağ appears in the background | |
  Eleşkirt Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 39°47′53″N 42°40′28″E / 39.79806°N 42.67444°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Ağrı |
| District | Eleşkirt |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ramazan Yakut (SP) |
| Elevation | 1,840 m (6,040 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 10,191 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Website | www |
The mayor is Ramazan Yakut (Felicity Party).[6]
Notable people
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56.
- ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Sinclair, T.A. London, 1989, "Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume II" p. 280
- ^ Zatikyan, Hovhannes [Զատիկյան, Հովհաննես] Noravank, 2013, "Garin province in the second half of the nineteenth century" [ Կարինի նահանգը XIX դարի երկրորդ կեսին] pp. 391, 402 url = http://www.noravank.am/upload/pdf/KARINI_NAHANGY.pdf
- ^ "Ağrı Eleşkirt Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
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