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Digor (, , ) is a town in
Kars Province Kars Province (; Azerbaijani: Qars Rayonu; ; ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its closed border with Armenia. Its area is 10,193 km2, and its population is 274,829 (2022). The pr ...
in the
Eastern Anatolia The Eastern Anatolia region () is a geographical region of Turkey. The most populous province in the region is Van Province. Other populous provinces are Malatya, Erzurum and Elazığ. It is bordered by the Black Sea Region and Georgia in th ...
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
Digor District Digor District is a district of the Kars Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Digor.İ ...
.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 2,304 (2022). The mayor is Nebi Kerenciler ( AKP).


Notable people

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Mahmut Alınak Mahmut Alınak () (born 1952, , Digor, Kars Province), also known as Mehmûd Avdo is a Turkish lawyer, author and politician, of Kurdish origin, and a former parliamentary deputy. Career Alınak is a graduate of Ankara University's law faculty ...
(b. 1952),
Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish language ** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) **Central Kurdish (Sorani) **Southern Kurdish ** Laki Kurdish *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern ...
politician


See also

* Tekor Basilica * Digoron People *
Yazidis in Armenia Yazidis form the largest ethnic minority in Armenia. Yazidis settled in the territory of modern-day Armenia mainly in the 19th and early 20th centuries, fleeing religious persecution by the Ottoman Empire. While Yazidis were counted as Kurds in ...


References

District municipalities in Turkey Populated places in Digor District Kurdish settlements in Turkey {{Kars-geo-stub