Agri Province


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Agri, formerly Karakose is the capital of Agri Province at the eastern end of Turkey, near the border with Iran. Situated in Eastern Anatolia and extending to the Iranian border, Agri is one of the highest regions in the country with its mountainous formation.

The history of province Agri dates back paleolithic age. There was bronze age equipments found which prove that there had been connection between this region and mesopotamia. One of the oldest communty which settled at Agri and its around , was Hurris. After Hurris, the region got under the sovereignty of Hittities, Urartus, Persians, Macedonias, Romes and Byzantiums. Arabians conquered Agri in the middles of 7. century and after the region got under the sovereignty of Seljuks in the 11. century. During the first World War Russians occupated the region and by the Kars Treaty in 1921, Turkey got the province back.

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