Igdir

Igdir Province is a province in eastern Turkey, located along the borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. Its adjacent provinces are Kars to the northwest and Agrı to the west and south. It occupies an area of 3,587 km2 and population of 184,418, it was 168,634 in 2000 (up from 142,601 in 1990). It was created from southeastern part of the former Kars Province in 1993. The current Governor of the province is Hüseyin Engin Sarıibrahim.

The city and province are named after a western Turkish clan called Igdir that belonged to a branch of the Oghuz Turks.They spread throughout Anatolia and there are several towns and villages named Igdir in Eskisehir Province and other parts of Turkey today.The city in Armenian is called Igdir also Tsolakert, after an ancient settlement nearby. The city is most commonly called Idir in Kurdish, however the city is also called Resqelas in Kurdish, which is of Kurdish etymology.