Eleşkirt is a town and district of Agri Province in Turkey. The valley's former administrative centre but now a village known as Toprakkale. It was known as Vagharshakert in medieval sources. At the time of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 approximately half of the population consisted of Armenians and the rest of Kurds and Turks.

Places to see include: Eleşkirt is a small town on a plain surrounded by high mountains, that has been occupied since the kingdom of the Urartu, as can be seen from:

• A burial mound in the village of Pirabat
• The castle in the village of Toprakkale. In antiquity the district was ruled from the castle which was successively occupied by Romans, Persians, Armenians, Arabs, Greek Byzantines, Seljuk Turks, Mongols and then further waves of Turks. There is a mosque which was built in 1687 in this village.
• There is a mountain named Kösedag near the town. It is popular for climbing. Actually, a lot of tourists come to see and climb this mountain from different countries every year.