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managed to conquer the area over the latter. The area continued to be contested and was passed on between the
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within the metropolitan municipalities will be second level municipalities. The law also creates new districts within the provinces in addition to present districts. The current
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and 47.9% Muslim. In the 1914 census, the sanjak had a population of 172,171 of which 63.6% was Muslim and 35.7% Armenian. The remaining population was
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817:Mount Artos
805:Lake Süphan
656:. Two more
644:Earthquakes
559:Van Vilayet
507:Tigranakert
503:Tigranes II
298:composition
3243:Categories
3033:Kırklareli
2896:Diyarbakır
2650:Diyarbakır
2121:Kırklareli
1965:Bahçesaray
1893:43°40′13″E
1890:38°29′57″N
1861:2019-11-14
1855:Yeni Şafak
1836:2020-03-01
1796:Güney, D.
1777:2020-03-26
1380:References
1247:(3): 272.
983:Varagavank
865:Van Museum
861:Lake Akgöl
857:Lake Turna
853:Van Castle
821:Mount Erek
801:Lake Erçek
797:Lake Akgöl
785:Lake Turna
694:Bahçesaray
666:earthquake
654:earthquake
607:Diyarbakır
468:Argishti I
448:Christians
441:Circassian
324:1881—1882
271:Vaspurakan
233:, between
229:region of
120:Population
107:Ozan Balcı
96:Government
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3159:Şanlıurfa
3028:Kırıkkale
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2948:Gümüşhane
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2657:Gaziantep
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2445:Kastamonu
2377:Kırıkkale
2232:Eskişehir
2111:Çanakkale
2105:Balıkesir
2063:provinces
1958:Districts
1326:. Brill.
1269:162337621
1171:. Brill.
885:Haykaberd
768:(163,301)
744:(348,046)
726:(171,000)
720:(127,819)
676:Districts
634:districts
599:Sanlıurfa
547:Afsharids
517:With the
476:Armenians
405:at 0.2%.
399:Assyrians
396:Nestorian
387:in 1915.
309:Armenians
154:Area code
137:Time zone
123:1,128,749
3171:Tekirdağ
3119:Osmaniye
3102:Nevşehir
3038:Kırşehir
2976:İstanbul
2917:Erzincan
2763:Adıyaman
2639:Adıyaman
2547:Erzincan
2387:Nevşehir
2382:Kırşehir
2347:Osmaniye
2127:Tekirdağ
2085:Istanbul
2076:Istanbul
2061:List of
2010:Muradiye
2005:İpekyolu
2000:Gürpınar
1975:Çaldıran
1454:27 April
1429:Archived
1054:See also
762:(19,471)
756:(59,851)
750:(45,718)
748:Muradiye
742:İpekyolu
738:(31,865)
736:Gürpınar
732:(26,918)
714:(18,462)
708:(58,635)
706:Çaldıran
702:(44,168)
696:(13,495)
638:Governor
632:and the
527:Lake Van
499:Armenian
491:Persians
487:Orontids
484:Armenian
392:Armenian
385:genocide
381:Armenian
365:172,171
342:113,964
313:Muslims
275:Armenian
237:and the
235:Lake Van
219:province
215:Armenian
103:Governor
44:Province
3189:Tunceli
3183:Trabzon
3130:Sakarya
3063:Malatya
3057:Kütahya
3044:Kocaeli
3017:Kayseri
3001:Karaman
2996:Karabük
2970:Isparta
2953:Hakkâri
2943:Giresun
2923:Erzurum
2889:Denizli
2878:Çankırı
2841:Bilecik
2836:Bayburt
2802:Ardahan
2796:Antalya
2778:Aksaray
2614:Tunceli
2603:Malatya
2597:Hakkâri
2553:Erzurum
2542:Bayburt
2537:Ardahan
2513:Trabzon
2490:Giresun
2440:Karabük
2430:Çankırı
2371:Kayseri
2365:Aksaray
2328:Isparta
2310:Antalya
2277:Karaman
2246:Sakarya
2239:Kocaeli
2209:Bilecik
2172:Kütahya
2159:Denizli
1985:Edremit
1970:Başkale
1810:1 March
1075:Yazidis
871:Gallery
839:Tourism
833:Girekol
718:Edremit
700:Başkale
589:, Van,
583:Hakkâri
543:Selim I
539:Safavid
455:History
422:Turkish
410:Kurdish
316:Others
255:Hakkâri
239:Iranian
225:in the
207:Kurdish
203:Van ili
199:Turkish
163:Website
76:Country
36:Van ili
3211:Yozgat
3206:Yalova
3165:Şırnak
3137:Samsun
3084:Mersin
3077:Mardin
3070:Manisa
2912:Elazığ
2907:Edirne
2861:Burdur
2851:Bitlis
2846:Bingöl
2831:Batman
2826:Bartın
2807:Artvin
2789:Ankara
2783:Amasya
2687:Şırnak
2669:Mardin
2644:Batman
2592:Elazığ
2587:Bitlis
2582:Bingöl
2485:Artvin
2451:Samsun
2425:Bartın
2420:Amasya
2402:Yozgat
2341:Mersin
2316:Burdur
2271:Ankara
2252:Yalova
2178:Manisa
2138:Aegean
2116:Edirne
2067:region
1951:Turkey
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603:Elaziğ
595:Bitlis
591:Mardin
551:Qajars
519:Seljuq
501:king,
430:Arabic
426:Hebrew
319:Total
251:Şırnak
243:Bitlis
231:Turkey
80:Turkey
3177:Tokat
3153:Sivas
3148:Sinop
3143:Siirt
3107:Niğde
3091:Muğla
3051:Konya
3023:Kilis
2983:İzmir
2965:Iğdır
2959:Hatay
2902:Düzce
2883:Çorum
2867:Bursa
2813:Aydın
2757:Adana
2675:Siirt
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2435:Çorum
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2226:Düzce
2220:Bursa
2185:Muğla
2166:İzmir
2152:Aydın
2025:Tuşba
2020:Saray
2015:Özalp
1995:Gevaş
1990:Erciş
1980:Çatak
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1265:S2CID
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766:Tuşba
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730:Gevaş
724:Erciş
712:Çatak
662:7.2 M
650:5.9 M
587:Siirt
373:Kurds
356:63.6%
351:35.7%
347:1914
333:47.9%
328:52.1%
305:Year
267:Erciş
247:Siirt
142:UTC+3
3194:Uşak
3124:Rize
3113:Ordu
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