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==History==
==History==
In the [[9th century BC]], the Van area was the center of the [[Urartu|Urartian kingdom]] <ref>European History in a World Perspective - Page 68 by Shepard Bancroft Clough</ref>. With the Seljuk victory at the [[Battle of Malazgirt]] in 1071, just north of [[Lake Van]] [http://historymedren.about.com/od/aentries/a/11_alparslan.htm], it became a part of [[Seljuk Empire]] and later the [[Ottoman Empire]]. For centuries during the Ottoman rule, the area was a major [[Armenian people|Armenian]] population center. During [[World War I]], some of the [[Ottoman Armenian population]] sided with Russian and the [[Armenian_volunteer_units|Armenian forces]]. There were many [[Armenian resistance|Armenian uprisings]] in the empire, and in Van, which resulted in the deaths of Turks, Kurds, and Armenians. <ref>[http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diaries/d1598.htm</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Armenians_Van_1915.gif]</ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Turkish_rule_in_Van_ends.gif</ref>
In the [[9th century BC]], the Van area was the center of the [[Urartu|Urartian kingdom]] <ref>European History in a World Perspective - Page 68 by Shepard Bancroft Clough</ref>. For centuries after that, the area was a major [[Armenian people|Armenian]] population center. After [[World War I]] Armenian population was forced to leave or ethnically cleansed (see [[Armenian Genocide]]).


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 04:41, 20 April 2007

Template:Infobox Province TR Van is a province in eastern Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. It is 19,069 km2 in area and has a population of 1,012,707. Kurds form the majority.[1]

Its adjacent provinces are Bitlis to the west, Siirt to the southwest, Şırnak and Hakkari to the south, and Agri to the north. The capital is Van. The province and the surrounding area is the home of famous Van kedisi (Van cat).

Districts

Van province is divided into 12 districts (capital district in bold):

History

In the 9th century BC, the Van area was the center of the Urartian kingdom [2]. For centuries after that, the area was a major Armenian population center. After World War I Armenian population was forced to leave or ethnically cleansed (see Armenian Genocide).

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Distribution of Kurdish PeopleGlobalSecurity.org
  2. ^ European History in a World Perspective - Page 68 by Shepard Bancroft Clough

38°29′57″N 43°40′13″E / 38.49917°N 43.67028°E / 38.49917; 43.67028