page_title: Harpoot
hierarchical_section_title: Harpoot
caption_attribution_description: English: A scene from the town of Harput
context_page_description: Harput is an ancient town in Turkey, in the Ottoman Empire, falling under Mamuret-ul-Aziz Vilayet by the end of the empire; its site is now in the Elazığ Province. Artifacts belonging to around 2,000 BC were found in the area. The town is famous for its Harput Castle, and incorporates a museum, old mosques, a church, and the Buzluk Cave.
  Harput was a largely Armenian populated region in Western Armenia in medieval times. The ancient Kingdom of Sophene and later the Armenian province of Sophene laid in medieval Kharput. Harput is about 700 miles from Istanbul.
context_section_description: Harput (also called Karput, Kharput, or Kharpert; Armenian: Խարբերդ) is an ancient town in Turkey, in the Ottoman Empire, falling under Mamuret-ul-Aziz Vilayet by the end of the empire; its site is now in the Elazığ Province. Artifacts belonging to around 2,000 BC were found in the area. The town is famous for its Harput Castle, and incorporates a museum, old mosques, a church, and the Buzluk (Ice) Cave. 
  Harput was a largely Armenian populated region in Western Armenia in medieval times. The ancient Kingdom of Sophene and later the Armenian province of Sophene laid in medieval Kharput. Harput is about 700 miles (1,100 km) from Istanbul.
caption: View of Harput in 1896
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