Arpaçay () is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. It is the seat of Arpaçay District.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. It has a population of 2,344 (2022). The mayor is Erçetin Altay ( AKP). The town is populated by

Karapapakhs The Karapapakhs (; ), or Terekeme (; ), are a Turkic people, who originally spoke the Karapapakh language, a western Oghuz language closely related to Azerbaijani and Turkish. Nowadays, the Karapapakh language has been largely supplanted by ...

Notable natives

Azer Bülbül Subutay Kesgin, better known by his stage name Azer Bülbül (1 February 1967 – 6 January 2012), was a prominent Turkish folk singer and actor. Biography Azer Bülbül was born Subutay Kesgin in Arpaçay, Kars Province, Kars in Azerbaijanis, A ...

, singer

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District municipalities in Turkey Populated places in Kars Province Arpaçay District Karapapakh settlements in Turkey {{Kars-geo-stub

Notable natives

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