Eleşkirt

For other uses, see Alashkert (disambiguation).

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
Municipality
General view of Eleşkirt. Mount Kösedağ appears in the background
Eleşkirt Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°47′53″N 42°40′28″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.eleskirt.bel.tr

The mayor is Ramazan Yakut (Felicity Party).^[6]

Notable people

• Şakiro
• Hmayak Siras^[7]

References

1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
2. Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56.
3. İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
4. Sinclair, T.A. London, 1989, "Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume II" p. 280
5. 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
6. "Ağrı Eleşkirt Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
7. "HERÊMA AGIRÎ: Filekî Ji Agiriyê 76 Sal Beriya Vê Bi Kurdî Pirtûk Nivîsand". HERÊMA AGIRÎ. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 2024-12-03.