Eleşkirt
Eleşkirt | |
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Eleşkirt | |
Coordinates: 39°47′53″N 42°40′28″E / 39.79806°N 42.67444°ECoordinates: 39°47′53″N 42°40′28″E / 39.79806°N 42.67444°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Ağrı |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ramazan Yakut (Felicity Party) |
Area | |
• District | 1,545.18 km2 (596.60 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Urban | 11,247 |
• District | 39,040 |
• District density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
Website | www.eleskirt.bel.tr |
Eleşkirt (Kurdish: Zêdikan)[3] is a town and district of Ağrı Province in Turkey. 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]
The mayor is Ramazan Yakut (Felicity Party).[6]
Places to see[]
Eleşkirt is a small town on a plain surrounded by high mountains, that has been occupied since the kingdom of the Urartu, as can be seen from:
- A burial mound (höyük) in the village of Pirabat
- The castle in the village of Toprakkale (ku:Kelê). In antiquity the district was ruled from the castle which was successively occupied by Romans, Persians, Armenians, Arabs, Greek Byzantines, Seljuk Turks, Mongols and then further waves of Turks.[citation needed] There is a mosque which was built in 1687 in this village.
- There is a mountain named Kösedağ near the town. It is popular for climbing.[7] Actually, a lot of tourists come to see and climb this mountain from different countries every year.
References[]
- ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Köse Dağı & Küçük Kösedağ – Spectacular Mountains". Retrieved 2019-09-09.
Categories:
- Populated places in Ağrı Province
- Ski areas and resorts in Turkey
- Districts of Ağrı Province
- Kurdish settlements in Turkey
- Eastern Anatolia Region geography stubs