Elazığ
Elazığ is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, and the administrative centre of Elazığ Province and Elazığ District.
Elazığ is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, and the administrative centre of Elazığ Province and Elazığ District. Founded in and around the former city of Harput, it is located in the uppermost Euphrates valley. The plain on which the city extends has an altitude of 1,067 metres (3,501 ft). Elazığ resembles an inland peninsula surrounded by the natural Lake Hazar and reservoirs of Keban Dam, Karakaya Dam, Kıralkızı and Özlüce. Its population is 387,072 (2022).
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Worth seeing in and around Elazığ
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Fırat University
Fırat University is a public research university in Elazığ, Turkey. The university, founded in 1975, is named after the Turkish name for the Euphrates River, which originates near Elazığ.
1.9 km · state university in Elazığ, Turkey · Wikipedia - 02Elazığ Atatürk Stadium
Elazığ Atatürk Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Elazığ, Turkey. The stadium originally opened in 1974, it served as the home ground for the football club Elazığspor for many years.
2.2 km · Stadium located in Elazığ, Turkiye · Wikipedia - 03İzzet Pasha Mosque
The İzzet Paşa Mosque is a mosque in Elazığ, Turkey It is on Gazi Paşa boulevard of Elazığ. The commissioner of the mosque was Hacı Ahmet İzzet Pasha, the governor of Elazığ during the Ottoman Empire era.
100 m · mosque in Elâzığ, Turkey · Wikipedia - 04Armenian Evangelical Church
The historical Armenian Evangelical Church is an Armenian Evangelical church located in the centre of the Turkish town of Elazığ, next to Kharpert. After being abandoned due to the Armenian genocide, it has been used as a public toilet.
300 m · church building in Elazığ Province, Turkey · Wikipedia - 05Harput Castle
Harput Castle, also known as Milk Castle, is a castle located in the historical Harput neighborhood within the borders of the current Elazığ Province, Turkey. It was built by the Urartians on a rectangular plan.
4.4 km · 2800 year old white colored castle in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey · Wikipedia - 06Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum
Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum is a museum in Elazığ, Turkey The museum is situated in the campus of Fırat University at 38°40′23″N 39°11′26″E. In 1965 a museum was established in a historical building in Harput, a former settlement 5 kilometres to the east of Elazığ. During the construction of two hydro electric plants; Keban Dam and Karakaya Dam both of which are on Fırat River and quite close to Elazığ, many items worthy of museum were found.
2.8 km · museum in Harput District · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Rüstempaşa Mosque on Billur Sk
- 02Elazığ Science Centre
- 03Harput was an ancient Armenian
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Things to do
Football: Elazığspor play soccer in TFF 3rd League, Turkey's fourth tier. Their home ground Atatürk Stadium (capacity 18,400) was rebuilt 2019-23; it's 2 km west of town centre. Elazığ Kültürpark is a large recreation area 2 km west of town centre towards the football stadium. Skiing: Hazarbaba is a ski resort on the mountain rising south of Sivrice on Lake Hazar.
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Where to eat
Town centre places include Bos, Amcanın Yeri, Saray and Samanlar. Harput has Antik Han Cafe, Ensar and Çara.
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Getting to Elazığ
- Airports
- Şanlıurfa GAP (GNY), 140 km · Gaziantep Oğuzeli (GZT), 246 km
- Stations
- Elazığ Airport, 9.9 km · Elazığ railway station, 1.1 km
- Şanlıurfa → Elazığ172 km · quickest by road, 4h 44m · ₺510–680
- Gaziantep → Elazığ242 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · ₺610–820
- Kayseri → Elazığ324 km · quickest by road, 6h 30m · ₺780–1,040
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No local-transport research exists yet for Elazığ
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Elazığ. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe train continues to Tatvan (7 hours), with dolmuşes and ferries to Van, and the twice weekly train to Tabriz and Tehran.
- Get inA scenic alternative from Malatya is to turn north through Battalgazi and cross the Karakaya Dam lake by ferry, which sails three times a day and takes 20 min.
- Go nextTunceli 80 km north via a ferry has rafting and mountain trekking.
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