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Horasan
2026-11-15 06:41:52 · Cedar Herald Index
Horasan (), is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,740 km2, and its population is 36,519 (2022). The mayor is Abdulkadir Aydın (AKP).
Horasan is located in the east of Erzurum Province, and borders the provinces of Ağrı and Kars.

Etymology
Horasan is also one of the spellings of the Khorasan (or Greater Khorasan), which is a region in north east Iran with historical importance, and it is also the source of the name of the town as the first settlers of the town migrated from this region.

Composition
There are 87 neighbourhoods in Horasan District:

Adnanmenderes
Ağıllı
Akçataş
Akçatoprak
Alagöz
Aliçeyrek
Aras
Ardı
Arpaçayır
Aşağıaktaş
Aşağıbademözü
Azap
Bahçe
Bulgurlu
Camiikebir
Çamlıkale
Çamurlu
Çayırdüzü
Çiftlik
Dalbaşı
Danişment
Değirmenler
Dikili
Döllek
Dönertaş
Eğertaşlar
Esentepe
Fatih Sultan Mehmet
Gerek
Gündeğer
Güzelyayla
Hacıahmet
Hacıhalil
Harçlı
Hasanbaba
Hasanbey
Haydarlı
Hızardere
Hızırilyas
İğdeli
Iğırbığır
İncesu
İnönü
Kadıcelal
Kalender
Karabıyık
Karacaören
Karaçuha
Karapınar
Kaynarca
Kazım Karabekir
Kemerli
Kepenek
Kırık
Kırkdikme
Kırkgözeler
Kırklar
Kızılca
Kızlarkale
Küçükkonak
Kükürtlü
Mollaahmet
Mollamelik
Mümtazturan
Muratbağı
Pinarli
Pirali
Pirhasan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Saçlık
Sekman
Şerefiye
Şeyhyusuf
Tahirhoca
Tavşancık
Teknecik
Yarboğaz
Yaylacık
Yazılıtaş
Yeşildere
Yeşilöz
Yıldıran
Yukarıbademözü
Yukarıhorum
Yukarıtahirhoca
Yürükatlı
Yüzören
References
Populated places in Erzurum Province
Districts of Erzurum Province
Kurdish settlements in Turkey
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey