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Why visit Ağın
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Ağın Bridge and Karamagara Bridge.
Weather in Ağın
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About Ağın
Ağın is a town of Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Ağın District. Its population is 1,818 (2021). The mayor is Yılmaz Serttaş from the Nationalist Movement Party.
From the Wikipedia article Ağın (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do2
Ağın Bridge
Bridge · 5.5 km
Bridge over the Keban Lake in the Elazığ Province in Turkey
Museums and landmarks1
Churches and places of worship1
Healthcare1
History
The city of Ağın was initially founded by Armenians who had migrated there from Iran. In 1896, the city was evenly divided between Muslims and Armenians. The city was recognized for its wealth and had previously escaped the 1895-1896 Hamidian massacres through a ransom payment by the Armenians of 1500 Turkish gold pounds.
On September 15, 1896, three weeks after the raid of the Ottoman Bank by Armenian Dashnaks as a response to the Hamidian massacres, Turkish authorities organized a new massacre in the city of Ağın. Ottoman troops killed "upwards of 2000 Armenians" including "many women and children" according to a report by the French Ambassador. Of the 1500 houses located in the Armenian quarter of Ağın, 980 were pillaged and burned. According to a report by the British Consul at Harput, the pretext used to attack the city's Armenian quarter was that the Armenians of the said city were "set to cause trouble". The same report by the Consul said that there was no revolutionary movement whatsoever and no powder magazine exploded during the massacre. A few pistols and revolvers were found in the ruins of the burnt houses.
From the History section of Ağın on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Ağın
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Getting there and nearby towns
Elazığ Airport (EZS) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 62 km away.
- Keban 17 km south, about 17 min by car
- Akçapınar 20 km east, about 20 min by car
- Arapgir 22 km northwest, about 22 min by car
- Kemaliye 40 km northwest, about 40 min by car
- Baskil 43 km south, about 43 min by car
- Hozat 46 km east, about 46 min by car
- Elazığ 53 km southeast, about 53 min by car
- Divriği 70 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Malatya 75 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Tunceli 74 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- The Euphrates River in Turkey in Agın (52032008249), Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0
- The Euphrates River in Turkey in Agın (52032274900), Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0
- ISS028-E-34374 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS047-E-71553 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS054-E-36249 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS054-E-36248 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Pul Köyü tarihi evlerden birisi, İlbey1371, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ISS047-E-71554 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS054-E-63122 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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