Eleşkirt (Kurdish: Zêdikan)[2] is a town of Ağrı Province in Turkey.

[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.

[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).

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