Iran–Turkey border
E1021824
The Iran–Turkey border is an international boundary in the Middle East separating Iran and Turkey, running through mountainous terrain and serving as a significant geopolitical and trade corridor between the two countries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iran–Turkey border canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13113387 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iran–Turkey border Context triple: [Ağrı, isNear, Iran–Turkey border]
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A.
Iran–Azerbaijan border
The Iran–Azerbaijan border is an international boundary in the South Caucasus separating Iran from the Republic of Azerbaijan, running largely along natural features such as rivers and mountain ranges.
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B.
Iran–Turkmenistan border
The Iran–Turkmenistan border is an international boundary in Central Asia that runs from the Caspian Sea through river valleys and desert terrain, separating northern Iran from southern Turkmenistan.
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C.
Iraq–Turkey border
The Iraq–Turkey border is the international frontier separating northern Iraq from southeastern Turkey, running through mountainous terrain that has been a focal point for military operations, cross-border tensions, and Kurdish populations.
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D.
Iran–Armenia border
The Iran–Armenia border is a short international boundary in the South Caucasus that separates Iran from Armenia, largely following the course of the Aras River.
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E.
Iran–Pakistan border
The Iran–Pakistan border is an international boundary in Southwest Asia separating Iran and Pakistan, running largely through remote desert and mountainous terrain including Pakistan’s Chagai District.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iran–Turkey border Target entity description: The Iran–Turkey border is an international boundary in the Middle East separating Iran and Turkey, running through mountainous terrain and serving as a significant geopolitical and trade corridor between the two countries.
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A.
Iran–Azerbaijan border
The Iran–Azerbaijan border is an international boundary in the South Caucasus separating Iran from the Republic of Azerbaijan, running largely along natural features such as rivers and mountain ranges.
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B.
Iran–Turkmenistan border
The Iran–Turkmenistan border is an international boundary in Central Asia that runs from the Caspian Sea through river valleys and desert terrain, separating northern Iran from southern Turkmenistan.
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C.
Iraq–Turkey border
The Iraq–Turkey border is the international frontier separating northern Iraq from southeastern Turkey, running through mountainous terrain that has been a focal point for military operations, cross-border tensions, and Kurdish populations.
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D.
Iran–Armenia border
The Iran–Armenia border is a short international boundary in the South Caucasus that separates Iran from Armenia, largely following the course of the Aras River.
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E.
Iran–Pakistan border
The Iran–Pakistan border is an international boundary in Southwest Asia separating Iran and Pakistan, running largely through remote desert and mountainous terrain including Pakistan’s Chagai District.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international border
ⓘ
land border ⓘ |
| adjacentProvince_Iran |
East Azerbaijan Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kermanshah Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdistan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ West Azerbaijan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adjacentProvince_Turkey |
Ağrı Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hakkâri Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Iğdır Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateLength_km | 534 ⓘ |
| borderFenceConstructionPeriod | 2017–2020s ⓘ |
| borderSecurityIssue |
Kurdish insurgency
ⓘ
irregular migration ⓘ smuggling ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1639 ⓘ |
| establishedByTreaty |
Constantinople Protocol (1913)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Treaty of Erzurum (1823) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Erzurum (1847) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Lausanne NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Qasr-e Shirin NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Zuhab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsMountainRange |
Armenian Highlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zagros Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geopoliticalRole |
corridor between Europe and Iran
ⓘ
part of east–west trade routes ⓘ |
| hasBorderCrossing |
Dilucu–Norduz border crossing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Esendere–Sero border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Gürbulak–Bazargan border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapıköy–Razi border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBorderFence | yes ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Middle East
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRoadCorridor |
D100 highway (Turkey)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iranian Road 32 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernDemarcationPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| passesNearCity |
Ağrı
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Maku NERFINISHED ⓘ Urumia NERFINISHED ⓘ Van NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatesCountry |
Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terrainType | mountainous ⓘ |
| usedFor |
energy transit
ⓘ
international trade ⓘ passenger travel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Iran–Turkey border Description of subject: The Iran–Turkey border is an international boundary in the Middle East separating Iran and Turkey, running through mountainous terrain and serving as a significant geopolitical and trade corridor between the two countries.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.