Place:Van, Van, Turkey

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NameVan
TypeCity
Coordinates38.5°N 43.383°E
Located inVan, Turkey
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Van is a mostly Kurdish-populated and historically Armenian-populated city[1][2][3] in eastern Turkey's Van Province. The city lies on the eastern shore of Lake Van.

Van has a long history as a major urban area. It has been a large city since the first millennium BCE, initially as Tushpa, the capital of the kingdom of Urartu from the 9th century BCE to the 6th century BCE, and later as the center of the Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan. Turkic presence in Van and in the rest of Anatolia started as a result of Seljuk victory at the Battle of Malazgirt (1071) against the Byzantine Empire.

Van is often referred to in the context of Western Armenia and Northern Kurdistan.

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