Baskil (Kurdish: Baskîl)[2] is a town of Elazığ Province of Turkey.

It is the seat of Baskil District.

[1] In the 2019 local elections, AKP mayor İhsan Akmurat narrowly won reelection, beating the MHP candidate Tuncer Turus by 49.77% to 48.57%.

Baskil has a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsa),[5] with hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.

[6] This geographical article about a location in Elazığ Province, Turkey is a stub.