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Bağın

Bağın, also spelt Baghin and Paghin, and called Dedebağ in Turkish, is a hamlet to Akdüven and historical town in what is now Mazgirt District, Turkey. Its remains are located by the bank of the Peri Su river, downstream from Kiğı and northwest of Karakoçan, in a flat area surrounded by hills. Between Bağın and Kiğı, there are only "isolated clusters of houses" down in the valley, while the main villages are above. The present-day hamlet consists of a handful of houses and is tucked between the riverbank and a large rocky outcropping that juts up from the surrounding flat land. This outcropping is the site of an ancient and medieval fortress, while the surrounding flat land is under cultivation.

A short distance upstream from Bağın are hot springs, where people come to bathe hoping to cure themselves of rheumatism. A bathing establishment with several cabins for visitors exists here just to the west of the springs. Nearby, on the west bank of the Peri Su, the land forms a shelf overhanging the river. Salt deposits formed by water dripping off the cliff face have created icicle-like formations on the overhanging part.

The modern hamlet is populated by Kurds of the Hormek and Izol tribes. Provided by Wikipedia