Daily Igdir Historical Tour

Igdır has four districts, one of which is the center. It is located on the Erzurum-Kars part of the Eastern Anatolia of Turkey. The city center consists of 3 towns and 49 villages. Its economy depends on agriculture. A great variety of products is cultivated in Igdır Lowland. The Lowland is considered as another Cukurova in North Anatolia. Vegetable gardening has been improved. Primary agricultural products are wheat, barley, sugar beet, apple, melon, watermelon, corn, apricot, and pear. Production rate has been decreased recently because of some restrictions such as quota although once cotton and sugar beet were the primary products. Husbandry is an important income resource. Mostly sheep and cattle are grown. Husbandry is mostly oriented to the alive animal trade. The center was established on the middle side of Igdır Lowland in the joint section which connecting Kars to Dilucu boundary door on Aralık and to Gurbulak boundary door on Doğubayazıt. The city which is on an important cultural joint is the sole city of Turkey which is neighbor with three countries because it has boundaries with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran. The Center of Igdır is neighbor only with Armenia among those countries.