Erciş (pronounced [eɾˈdʒiʃ]; Armenian: Ականց, Akants; historically Արճեշ, Artchesh, Kurdish: Erdîş) is a town and its surrounding district located in the Van Province, Turkey.
Population: 91,915
Latitude: 39° 01' 33.13" N
Longitude: 43° 21' 34.70" E
The Zilan massacre (Turkish: Zilan Katliamı or Zilan Deresi Katliamı, etc.), refers to the massacre of thousands of Kurdish residents in the Zilan Valley of Turkey by 12/13 July 1930, during the Ararat rebellion, in which 800–1500 armed men particip…
Erciş (pronounced [eɾˈdʒiʃ]; Armenian: Ականց, Akants; historically Արճեշ, Artchesh, Kurdish: Erdîş) is a town and its surrounding district located in the Van Province, Turkey.
Mount Süphan (Turkish: Süphan Dağı, Kurdish: Sîpana Xelatê, Armenian: Սիփան լեռ, Նեխ Մասիք, Ծիպան, Սուփխան: Sipan, Negh Masik, Tzipan), is a stratovolcano located in eastern Turkey, immediately north of Lake Van.
G-AGRH Zephyr was an Avro Super Trader IV cargo aircraft, which crashed on Mount Süphan in eastern Turkey on 23 April 1959. The Super Trader IV was a modified Avro Tudor IV, which had been fitted with an aft cargo door and was flown unpressurized.
Adır Island (Turkish: Adır Adası) or Lim Island (Armenian: Լիմ կղզի Lim kghzi), is an island in Lake Van. During the Armenian genocide upwards of 12,000 Armenian women and children, crossed to the isle over a period of three days while a few dozen m…
Çaldıran (Kurdish: Bazîdaxa) is a district and town in Van Province of Turkey.
Muradiye (Kurdish: Bêgirî) is a town and district in the Van Province of Turkey.
Koçköprü Dam is a dam in Turkey.