Elazığ Province is a province of Turkey with its seat in the city of Elazığ. Its area is 9,383 km2, and its population is 591,497 (2022). The population of the province was 569,616 in 2000 and 498,225 in 1990. The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority with a significant Turkish minority.
İzzet Pasha Mosque in the city centre
Palu and the Murat river
DE 24 184 of TCDD (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryollari) at Pınarlı, Turkey.
Lake Hazar
Zaza or Zazaki is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken primarily in eastern Turkey by the Zazas, who are commonly considered as Kurds, and in many cases identify as such. The language is a part of the Zaza–Gorani language group of the northwestern group of the Iranian branch. The glossonym Zaza originated as a pejorative and many Zazas call their language Dimlî.
Zaza text in Arabic letters, written in 1891 and printed in 1899.