Eleşkirt () is a town of Ağrı Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Eleşkirt District.İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Its population is 10,191 (2021). Its name is a transference from Alashkert (), the valley's former administrative centre but now a village known as Toprakkale. It was known as Vagharshakert in medieval sources.Sinclair, T.A. London, 1989, "Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume II" p. 280 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.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 = https://www.noravank.am/upload/pdf/KARINI_NAHANGY.pdf
The mayor is Ramazan Yakut (Felicity Party).
Notable people Şakiro Hmayak Siras
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