Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. It is the seat of
Karakoçan District
Karakoçan District is a district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Karakoçan.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 21 December 2022. Its population is 14,811 (2021). The mayor is Ayhan Akbaba (AKP). Karakoçan is located on a stony plain that is watered by a stream that flows to the
Peri Su
In Persian mythology, peris (singular: peri; from fa, پَری, translit=parī, , plural , ; borrowed in European languages through ota, پَری, translit=peri) are exquisite, winged spirits renowned for their beauty. Peris were later ad ...
. It is the successor of the ancient and medieval town of
Bağın
Bağın, known in Armenian as Paghin and Dedebağ in Turkish is a hamlet and historical town in what is now Mazgirt district, Turkey. Its remains are located by the bank of the Peri Su river, downstream from Kiğı and northwest of Karakoçan, in a ...