Eleşkirt


Eleşkirt is a town and district of Ağrı Province in Turkey. Its name is a transference from Alashkert, the valley's former administrative centre but now a village known as Toprakkale.
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.
The mayor is Ramazan Yakut.

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:
Kösedag as a surname has been used by many generations of people, such as the Seqeto family. Their biggest son, Murat Muratoglu, Hirsiz Meliko, Fatih Culeg, Adoye Ker and Aytacoye Spigwer are several examples of this big dynasty.