Alican, Iğdır

This article is about the border crossing in Iğdır Province. For the Turkish wheelchair basketballer, see Özgür Gürbulak.

Alican is the name of the Turkish border crossing point in Iğdır Province on the closed border of Turkey and Armenia. Alican is located on the other side of Margara.

Alican
Alican Location of Alican in Turkey
Coordinates: 40°01′42″N 44°10′44″E
Country	Turkey
Region	Eastern Anatolia
Province	Iğdır
District	Karakoyunlu
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

History

In 2023, the border crossing briefly reopened to allow the passage of humanitarian aid following the Turkey–Syria earthquake for the first time since 1988.^[1]