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Eleşkirt

Coordinates: 39°47′53″N 42°40′28″E / 39.79806°N 42.67444°E / 39.79806; 42.67444
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Eleşkirt
Alashkert • Ալաշկերտ
General view of Eleşkirt
General view of Eleşkirt
Eleşkirt is located in Turkey
Eleşkirt
Eleşkirt
Coordinates: 39°47′53″N 42°40′28″E / 39.79806°N 42.67444°E / 39.79806; 42.67444
Country Turkey
ProvinceAğrı
Government
 • MayorRamazan Yakut (Felicity Party)
Area
[1]
 • District1,545.18 km2 (596.60 sq mi)
Population
 (Template:Turkey district populations)Template:Turkey district populations
 • Urban
Template:Turkey district populations
 • District
Template:Turkey district populations
Websitewww.eleskirt.bel.tr

Eleşkirt (Template:Lang-ku)[2] is a town and district of Ağrı Province in Turkey. Its name is a transference from Alashkert (Template:Lang-hy), the valley's former administrative centre but now a village known as Toprakkale. It was known as Vagharshakert in medieval sources.[3] 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.[4]

The mayor is Ramazan Yakut (Felicity Party).[5]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56.
  3. ^ Sinclair, T.A. London, 1989, "Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume II" p. 280
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "Ağrı Eleşkirt Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
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