Turkey–Armenia border

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closed border international border

The Turkey–Armenia border is an internationally recognized but closed frontier between Turkey and Armenia, shaped in part by the course of the Aras River and marked by longstanding political tensions and historical disputes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Armenia–Turkey border	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	closed border ⓘ international border ⓘ
borderRegime	no regular legal crossing for citizens of either state ⓘ
cameIntoExistence	1921 ⓘ
closedBy	Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
closureReason	First Nagorno-Karabakh War NERFINISHED ⓘ support for Azerbaijan by Turkey ⓘ
closureYear	1993 ⓘ
country1	Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
country2	Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedByTreaty	Treaty of Kars NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Moscow (1921) NERFINISHED ⓘ
disputedIssues	recognition of the Armenian genocide ⓘ territorial claims in some Armenian political discourse ⓘ
economicImpact	limits direct trade between Turkey and Armenia ⓘ
followsRiver	Aras River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing	Alican border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Doğu Kapı–Akhuryan crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCheckpointInfrastructure	railway crossing at Doğukapı–Akhuryan ⓘ road bridge at Margara ⓘ
hasLength	about 311 km ⓘ
hasStatus	closed to regular land traffic ⓘ
historicalContext	Soviet–Turkish relations ⓘ aftermath of the Armenian genocide ⓘ
isInternationallyRecognized	true ⓘ
locatedIn	South Caucasus ⓘ Western Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainArmenianBorderTown	Akhuryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Margara NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTurkishBorderTown	Doğukapı NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitoredBy	Armenian border guards ⓘ Turkish border guards ⓘ
monitoredWithSupportFrom	Russian border guards in Armenia ⓘ
nearbyMajorCityInArmenia	Gyumri NERFINISHED ⓘ Yerevan NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyMajorCityInTurkey	Iğdır NERFINISHED ⓘ Kars NERFINISHED ⓘ
partlyLocatedIn	Ararat Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Iğdır Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Kars Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirak Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	European Union external border regime de facto via Turkey’s customs union with EU (but not an EU external border in law) ⓘ
predecessorBorder	Ottoman Empire–Russian Empire border NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedAgreement	Zurich Protocols (2009) NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates	Republic of Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes	ongoing political tensions between Turkey and Armenia ⓘ
ZurichProtocolsStatus	not ratified ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aras River → formsPartOf → Turkey–Armenia border ⓘ

Armenia–Azerbaijan border → relatedTo → Turkey–Armenia border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenia–Turkey border

Ağrı → isNear → Turkey–Armenia border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenia–Turkey border

Ararat plain → near → Turkey–Armenia border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenia–Turkey border