The State of Elazig was a minor post-Doomsday Turkish state on the southwest edge of the Eastern Turkish Wasteland. The state, controlled by an assembly of Turkish military officers and civilian authorities, successfully maneuvered themselves into a political position where no one in the Wasteland would challenge them. The state also stopped the Hatayan expansion into the area and maintained a mutually beneficial peace with them. However, in part due to their previous relations with the Hatayans, Elazig was the first Wasteland states to be directly conquered by the re-established Turkish government.