Soğukpınar () is a village in the Kovancılar District of Elazığ Province in Turkey.Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 December 2022. Its population is 138 (2021).
History Art’ekhan (today called Soğukpınar) was historically inhabited by Armenians. There were 31 Armenian hearths in 1880. There was an Armenian church of Surb Minas. It was located in the kaza (district) of Palu in the sanjak of Maden in the Diyarbekir vilayet in . In 1914, it was populated by 274 Armenians in 33 homes. The village was attacked by çetes in the first half of June 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.
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