The plane tree in the garden of the Kurşunlu mosque at Harput is registered as a monumental tree and is estimated to be 300 to 400 years old.
It is said that Evliya Çelebi sat in its shade and took his notes there when he came to Harput.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Elazığ as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -0.7 °C in January to 27.2 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June and September; rainfall is heaviest in April (63 mm) and lightest in August (2 mm). Long-term means for 1938-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
