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as well as the German consul in Van, suggested that deliberate provocations against the Armenians were being orchestrated by the local government. In mid-April 1915, Cevdet Bey ordered the execution of four Armenian leaders, and he demanded that all Armenian males of military age gather before him,
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During the early 1900s, the city of Van had eleven Armenian schools and ten Turkish schools. Towards the second half of the 19th century Van began to play an increased role in the politics of the Ottoman Empire due to its location near the borders of the Persian, Russian and Ottoman Empire, as well
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The demographics of Van are a greatly debated point also given the changing provincial borders. For example, in 1875 the province was divided; Van and Hakkari were separated, only to be rejoined in 1888, drastically changing the census numbers. Some writers argue that this merging was done to keep
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The demographics of Ottoman Van are a debated and contentious point as they relate directly to claims of ownership by either side prior to the outbreak of World War I. For the city of Van itself it has been estimated that it had around 50,000 inhabitants prior to World War I, of whom 30,000 were
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from the 5th century BCE upon a smoothed section of the rock face, some 20 metres (66 feet) above the ground near the fortress. The inscription survives in near perfect condition and is divided into three columns of 27 lines written in (from left to right)
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hoping to avoid the same fate, defending themselves in the Armenian quarters of the city against the Turks. The Russians finally relieved the Armenian defenders of Van in late May 1915 and local Armenians gave the keys of the city to Russian general
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Van has often been called "The Pearl of the East" because of the beauty of its surrounding landscape. An old Armenian proverb in the same sense is "Van in this world, paradise in the next". This phrase has been slightly modified in Turkish as
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on May 21. In August, a victory over the Russian army allowed the Ottoman army to retake Van. In September 1915, the Russians forced the Turks out of Van for the second time. Russian forces began to leave the area after the
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and held it for a short period. The Safavids retook it again in 1520 but the Ottomans gained an almost definite hold of it in 1548 during another Ottoman-Safavid War. Ottoman control over the town was confirmed in the 1555
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party was elected mayor of Van. In August 2019 she was dismissed and subsequently sentenced to 30 years imprisonment accused of supporting terrorism as part of a government crackdown against politicians of the
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At the end of 2022 the population figure for the city of Van was 525,016, but former Mayor Burhan Yengun is quoted as saying it may be as high as 600,000. The former Van Central (
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broadcasting station with a 250-metre-tall (820-foot) guyed mast. It went in service in 1990 and operates on 225 kHz with 600 kW. It has also local news outlets like
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By the end of the conflicts, the town of Van was empty and in ruins. The city was rebuilt after the war a few kilometers east of the ancient citadel, which is now known as
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acknowledges that in the case of Van, the deportations may have been driven by military necessity and states the resistance in Van should be examined as a separate case.
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recaptured Van alongside other swaths of lost territories in Eastern Anatolia. However, Ottoman control over it was at last now made final and definite in 1639 with the
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as its proximity to Mosul. During the period leading up to the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, Armenians were well represented in the local administration.
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Armenian and 20,000 were Muslims. Based on the official 1914 Ottoman census, the population of Van province consisted of 179,422 Muslims and 67,797
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Van stands on Highway D300, which runs from the Iranian border 100 km east at Kapikoy through Van then along the south lake shore to
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Van region in the administrative-territorial division of the regions of Turkey occupied by Russian troops during World War I 1916–1917
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In April 1915, as slaughter was being inflicted upon the rural populations surrounding Van, the Armenian residents of the city
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Holt, Peter Malcolm; Lambton, Ann Katharine Swynford & Lewis, Bernard (1977). The Cambridge History of Islam. pp. 231–232.
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in Russia in 1917, and by April 1918, it was recaptured by the Ottoman army again. According to Taner Akçam, citing the
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Hewsen, Robert H. (2000), "2: 'Van in This World: Paradise in the Next' – The Historical Geography of Van/Vaspurakan
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the Armenians from forming a majority. In 1862 it was estimated that in Van there were 90,100 Christians (including
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occurred on 23 October 2011. On the 9 November 2011, another earthquake caused several buildings to collapse.
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culture or other types of traditional local dishes, Van has distinguished itself with its breakfast culture.
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The first half of the 15th century saw the Van region become a land of conflict as it was disputed by the
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inscriptions dating to the 8th and 7th centuries BCE have been found here. The name 'Van' comes from the
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is a breed of cat native to this town and named after it. It is noted for its white fur, and for having
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which drove the Armenians to take up arms in self-defense. On the other hand, historian and sociologist
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indicate that the history of human settlement in this region goes back at least as far as 5000 BCE. The
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and 5.53% were Turks. On the other hand, the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople estimated 185,000
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Following the fall of the Parthians and the emergence of the Neo-Persian Empire, better known as the
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from the 9th century BCE to the 6th century BCE, and later as the center of the Armenian kingdom of
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of the province and destroyed and plundered many of their villages. These events are described in
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Van has a long history as a major urban area. It has been a large city since the first millennium
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the entire region fell under their control. After them, local Muslim rulers emerged, such as the
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Barber, Malcolm. The Crusader States Yale University Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-300-11312-9. Page 9
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in the 9th century BCE. The early settlement was centered on the steep-sided bluff now known as
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Ter Minassian, Anahide (2000), "10: The City of Van at the Turn of the Twentieth Century", in
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dynasty soon becoming the most powerful. Initially dependent on the rulers of the Kingdom of
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was said to have surveyed army officers on 14 October 1919 on the issue of ceding Van and
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TESEV. "An Assessment of the Van Action Plan for the Internally Displaced" Accessed at
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Muslims and Minorities: The Population of Ottoman Anatolia and the End of the Empire
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A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility
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briefly held the region from 628 to 640, following the victory in the climactic
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Van has daily flights to Istanbul, Ankara and other major Turkish cities from
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Damcı, Erdem; Temur, Rasim; Bekdaş, Gebrail; Sayin, Baris (1 December 2015).
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by British war correspondent Charles B. Norman and in the fictional novella
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which came as a result after the end of the war. They first made Van into a
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in the 1st century BCE. In the early centuries BCE, it fell to the emerging
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in Van Province started in late 1914 with attacks by the Ottoman Empire's
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is the second largest lake in the region and lies just east of Lake Van.
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into Vaspurakan started in the 1050s. After their victory in 1071 at the
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Essays in Ottoman and Turkish History, 1774–1923: The Impact of the West
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Haldon, John. Byzantium at War AD 600 - 1453. p. 46. ISBN 1-84176-360-8.
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In culinary terms, as some cities in Turkey became renowned for their
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and affiliated paramilitaries. The regional Albanian administrator,
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Armenian churches within the walled city included Saint Tiramayr (
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The Armenians: Past And Present In The Making Of National Identity
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Sarkis Y. Karayan: "Demography of Van Province, 1844–1914". In:
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party; the Turkish state appointed an unelected state-trustee,
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on the former Artsruni territories. Van was called Eua or Eva (
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HDP won in a landslide in Van in the 2019 municipal elections.
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Ruins of the old walled city of Van seen from the castle rock
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until the 3rd century CE. However, it also fell once to the
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The modern city is located on the plain extending from the
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Sheikh Jelaludin led thousands of soldiers to massacre
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and population statistics became important during the
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Archaeological excavations and surveys carried out in
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Climate data for Van (1991–2020, extremes 1939–2023)
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Archived from 3566:Case Studies in Construction Materials 3527: 3425: 3419: 2780: 2732: 2582: 2496: 4001: 3856: 3716: 3648: 3366: 3053: 2733:Moulet, Benjamin (15 December 2016), 479: 122:Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Aghtamar 3167: 2135:In 1941, Van suffered a destructive 2032:Turkish State Meteorological Service 513:. In 331 BCE, Van was conquered by 13: 4125: 4116: 3322:10.1163/2210-7975_hrd-0035-2014132 3222:L. Jacobs, Steven (30 June 2009). 3047: 2969: 2895: 2649:Edmund Herzig, Marina Kurkchiyan, 971:The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 307:City of Van (view from Van Kalesi) 14: 4858: 3824: 3434:(1). 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(2010). 3188: 3179: 3158: 3149: 3119: 3114:An American Physician in Turkey 3106: 3086: 3021: 2995: 2978: 2960: 2930: 2921: 2908: 2886: 2761: 2726: 2701: 2690: 2679: 2665: 2656: 2388:View of Van from the Van Castle 2194:Van is the western terminus of 1257: 666:1515–1520, 1548–1604, 1639–1916 656:1502–1515, 1520–1548, 1604–1639 440:Inscription of Xerxes the Great 2643: 2621: 2594:The American Historical Review 2583:Pinson, Mark (February 1985). 2576: 2567: 2558: 2549: 2524: 2471: 2120: 881:Relation d'un voyage du Levant 715:rulers to re-emerge, with the 442:on the cliffs below Van castle 1: 4842:Kurdish settlements in Turkey 3314:Human Rights Documents online 3094:Ambassador Morgenthau's Story 2975:Ter Minassian, ch.10, p. 181. 2966:Ter Minassian, ch.10, p. 180. 2903:official statistics from 1914 2464: 2116:Famous breakfast table in Van 452:, Van was the capital of the 384:Van was densely populated by 3373:Singapore Middle East Papers 3003:"Who Was Sheikh Jalaleddin?" 2166: 2087:Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi 2049: 1285: 856:, and later into a separate 492:in the mid 6th century BCE. 408:An Urartian cauldron at the 284:1,726 m (5,663 ft) 7: 4786:Metropolitan municipalities 3533:Armenia: A Historical Atlas 3112:Ussher, Clarence Douglass. 2393: 1800:Average precipitation days 1586:Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 1446:Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1217: 1139:Turkish War of Independence 877:Joseph Pitton de Tournefort 335: 175: 10: 4863: 4822:Former capitals of Armenia 3964:Van Yüzüncü Yıl University 3649:Osterlund, Paul Benjamin. 3579:10.1016/j.cscm.2015.10.001 2376:Former Town of Van in 2009 2364:Former Town of Van in 2009 2352:Former Town of Van in 2009 2338: 2280:Twin towns – Sister cities 2272: 2244: 2196:the railway line from Iran 2154: 2124: 2107:Van Yüzüncü Yıl University 2080:Dünyada Van, ahirette iman 2070:said to live in the lake. 2037: 2029: 1326: 1297: 1175: 1097:Streets of the city center 1004: 801: 776:Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate 744: 570: 543:Arsacid dynasty of Armenia 539:Arsacid dynasty of Parthia 533:, who founded the city of 446:Under the ancient name of 399: 342:, on the eastern shore of 154:Emblem of Van Municipality 4782: 4712: 4655: 4605: 4558: 4493: 4438: 4375: 4343: 4282: 4219: 4177: 4157: 4141: 4137: 4114: 4040: 3988: 3972: 3956: 3940: 3924: 3890: 3843:Van 100th Year University 3440:10.1080/13530199608705620 2901:Values as printed in the 2860: 2852: 2844: 2836: 2828: 2823:), and Saint Tsiranavor ( 2820: 2812: 2804: 2796: 2788: 2127:1941 Van–Erciş earthquake 2091:Van 100th Year University 1982: 1935: 1887: 1843: 1799: 1725: 1655: 1585: 1515: 1445: 1375: 1370: 1367: 1364: 1361: 1358: 1355: 1352: 1349: 1346: 1343: 1340: 1337: 1334: 1331: 1127:First Republic of Armenia 1113:Festival of Van lake 2011 993:by the Armenian novelist 747:) during Byzantine rule. 545:in this timespan. 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Van Fortress
Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Aghtamar
Tushba
Muradiye Waterfalls
Van Lake
Hoşap Castle
Official logo of Van
Van is located in Turkey
38°29′39″N 43°22′48″E / 38.49417°N 43.38000°E / 38.49417; 43.38000
Turkey
Region
Eastern Anatolia
Province
Van
Mayor
Abdullah Zeydan


Armenian
Kurdish
Van Province
Lake Van
BCE

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